Case Quiz: An Unusual Diagnosis in a Young Woman With Abdominal Pain

 

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Authors
Ismaa G. Kiani, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS
Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Military Hospital
Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Disclosure: Ismaa G. Kiani, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Craig A. Goolsby, MD
Director, eMedicine Case of the Week
Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: Craig A. Goolsby, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Mark P. Brady, PA-C
Chief Physician Assistant
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cambridge Hospital
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Disclosure: Mark P. Brady, PA-C, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Lars Grimm, MD, MHS
House Staff
Department of Internal Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Disclosure: Lars Grimm, MD, MHS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Editor
Burke A. Cunha, MD
Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York;
Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital
Mineola, New York

Disclosure: Burke A. Cunha, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

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