title: A 21-Year-Old Woman With Cystic Fibrosis, Abdominal Pain, and Recent Weight Loss.
abstract: A 21-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis (CF) was seen in the pulmonary clinic complaining of abdominal pain. Her past medical history included bilateral lung transplantation for CF pulmonary disease 26 months previously, as well as gastroesophageal reflux disease and pancreatic insufficiency. Her baseline weight was 49.1 kg (BMI, 19.4 kg/m2).
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: skap@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Siddhartha G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kapnadak
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Goss
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Moira L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Aitken
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013478:Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult