Abstract:A previously healthy 4-year-old girl with a history of prematurity (31 weeks' gestational age) presented as a transfer from an outside facility with abdominal pain. She had presented to an outside emergency department 2 days prior with lower abdominal pain that subsequently localized to the right lower quadrant. Her pain was accompanied by anorexia and nonbloody, nonbilious emesis. She denied fevers or chills. She was noted to have voluntary guarding and focal right lower quadrant tenderness to palpation. Labo… Show more
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