Left Basilar Pneumonia Simulating Perforated Appendicitis with Peritonitis in a Child

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dc.contributor.authorPatel, Ramnik Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, Favour Mfonobongen_US
dc.contributor.authorChhaniara, Rohan Ashiten_US
dc.contributor.authorTrambadi, Rajvi Anilkumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T08:37:06Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T08:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.description.abstractWe present an 8-year-old boy who presented with predominant abdominal symptoms initially to the referring hospital and the initial Chest radiograph being reported as normal. Inflammatory markers being sky high with abdominal symptoms and minimal Chest signs, he was referred to as an atypical case of Perforated Appendicitis. By the time patient was seen in the Tertiary University Teaching Hospital, he had developed classic clinical features of Left Basilar Pneumonia which was clearly evident on good quality repeat Chest radiograph and Ultrasound confirmed it and ruled out any abdominal pathology. The patient responded well to intravenous antibiotics followed by oral one with excellent recovery. Our case is a usual reminder of the fact that a patient is more likely to have a rare presentation of a common disease, than a common presentation of a rare one. Take a careful history and examine the child; consult the appropriate specialist resources and then, if necessary, extend your history and examination with review of available investigations especially being good at reading plain radiographs.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMB, MD (New York), MS, MCh, LLM, MNAMS. DNBS, DNBPS, FRCS Ed, FRCS Ped Surg, FEBPS, FACS, FAAP, DA, DCH, DRCOG, Consultant, Department of Ped Surgery, PGICHR, Rajkot, Gujarat 360001 and Corresponding Authoren_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsECFMG, Cambridge Exam, TOEFL, MD Candidate, All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominicaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMBBS, Resident, Smt NHL Municipal Medical College and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380006en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsMBBS, Resident Medical Officer, Saurashtra Children Hospital, Nana Mava Road, Rajkot Gujarat 360005en_US
dc.identifier.citationPatel Ramnik V, Anthony Favour Mfonobong, Chhaniara Rohan Ashit, Trambadi Rajvi Anilkumar. Left Basilar Pneumonia Simulating Perforated Appendicitis with Peritonitis in a Child. Journal of The Indian Medical Association. 2023 Apr; 121(4): 66-67en_US
dc.identifier.issn0019-5847
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/216712
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Medical Associationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume121en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.onlinejima.com/read_journals.php?article=1149en_US
dc.subjectAcute abdomenen_US
dc.subjectAppendicitisen_US
dc.subjectPneumoniaen_US
dc.subjectPeritonismen_US
dc.subjectReferred Painen_US
dc.titleLeft Basilar Pneumonia Simulating Perforated Appendicitis with Peritonitis in a Childen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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