title: Gastroenteritis exhumed.
abstract: Nature of presenting symptoms and even signs of disease can lead to a diagnosis that seems routine but is in fact erroneous because a sufficient index of suspicion is not generated in the mind of the physician dealing with the case. A young girl of about 16 years was brought to the Casualty Department, DHQ Hospital Bannu on 12 Sep 2004 with complains of severe vomiting and diarrhoea; the casualty medical officer diagnosed her as a case of acute gastroenteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Women Medical College, Abbottabad. moon_shaw2000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mian Mujahid
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Anjum Zia
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Munawwar
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arif
authors.forename: Riaz
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D018454:Spouses
chemical_list: D001152:Arsenicals