[A preschooler with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant].
A 5-year-old boy with acute abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and fever underwent open appendectomy following clinical observation and serial equivocal ultrasound. During exploration we encountered a normal-looking appendix but multiple enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes, suggestive of mesenteric lymphadenitis. The boy had an uneventful postoperative course and recovered completely.
OLVG West, afd. Chirurgie, Amsterdam.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001065:Appendix; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008640:Mesenteric Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography