Ruptured Appendicitis and Retrocecal Abscess Masquerading as Knee Pain in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report
Knee pain has a variety of etiologies in the pediatric population, including septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, fracture, ligamentous injury, and neoplasms. Extrinsic sources of knee pain may also be intra-abdominal, although abdominal pathology is much more likely to manifest as hip or proximal thigh musculature pain.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Alan G. Shamrock, Morgan L. Bertsch, Heather R. Kowalski, Stuart L. Weinstein Tags: Clinical Communications: Pediatric Source Type: research
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