The case of recurrent abdominal pain in a girl
- Authors: Pechkurov D.V.1, Voronina E.N.1, Allenova Y.E.2
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Affiliations:
- Samara State Medical University
- Penza Regional Children’s Clinical Filatov Hospital
- Issue: Vol 4, No 4 (2013)
- Pages: 93-95
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/pediatr/article/view/1216
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/PED4493-95
- ID: 1216
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Abstract
Abdominal pain is often occur in practice of the pediatrician and gastroenterologist. Recurrent, intense, intractable abdominal pain for several years should be a symptom of anxiety. In this article, we present a case of long-term recurrent abdominal pain in a girl, accompanied by neurological symptoms, as a symptom of a rare disease - acute intermittent porphyria. Acute intermittent porphyria - inherited by dominant type disease characterized by lesions of the peripheral and central nervous system, the most frequent symptom of which is pain in the abdomen. Abdominal pain with this disease are recurrent paroxysmal and may be localized in different parts of the stomach, leading to the setting false diagnoses, multiple hospitalizations and unjustified surgical procedures.
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About the authors
Dmitry Vladimirovich Pechkurov
Samara State Medical University
Email: kdbsamgmu@yandex.ru
MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci, Professor, Head, Department of Children’s Diseases
Evgeniya Nikolayevna Voronina
Samara State Medical University
Email: kdbsamgmu@yandex.ru
Postgraduate Student, Department of Children’s Diseases
Yuliya Evgenyevna Allenova
Penza Regional Children’s Clinical Filatov Hospital
Email: yuliya_allenova@mail.ru
gastroenterologist, Consultative and diagnostic
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