title: [Paroxystic abdominal pain in children].
abstract: Acute abdominal pain in children is a frequent symptom of a wide spectrum of abdominal and extra-abdominal pathologies. Some of them are more common in specific age groups. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are facilitated by a good knowledge of the etiologies. Although surgery is mandatory in most of the cases of perforation, torsion, ischemia or necrosis, a medical treatment will prevent an unnecessary laparotomy in some circumtances.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, CHR de la Citadelle, Liège.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Erpicum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demarche
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004064:Digestive System / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis