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Abdominal pain and gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting or diarrhea are common chief complaints in young children who present in emergency departments. It is the emergency physician's role to differentiate between a self-limited process such as viral gastroenteritis or constipation and more life-threatening surgical emergencies. Considering the difficulties inherent in the pediatric examination, it is not surprising that appendicitis, intussusception, and malrotation with volvulus continue to be among the most elusive diagnoses. This article reviews both the self-limited and more life-threatening gastrointestinal conditions that may present in the emergency department.
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PMID:Abdominal pain in children. 1648 87

Midgut volvulus presenting outside the neonatal period often manifests with less than classic findings. One must be ever vigilant for any deviation from normal when imaging the gastrointestinal tract in these patients. Plain films often are noncontributory, and gastrointestinal imaging findings frequently are subtle and not exactly the same as those seen in classic cases in the neonatal period. Cases are presented illustrating the following: abnormal but less than classic small bowel location and configuration, malabsorption and fortuitous spiraling of a nasogastric tube, viral gastroenteritis and pseudo intussusception, intractable vomiting and dehydration with abnormal cecal position, and duodenal obstruction: pseudo SMA syndrome. Fortunately, one now can confirm one's suspicions with computed tomography and ultrasound in terms of determining whether the superior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric vein positions are normal or reversed.
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PMID:Delayed presentation of malrotation and midgut volvulus: imaging findings. 1771 Apr 54

A 3-year-old boy presented at the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea and non-bilious vomiting. Physical examination revealed moderate symptoms of dehydration, a tender and slightly extended but soft abdomen and active peristalsis. With the working diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis the boy was admitted to the hospital for rehydration therapy by nasogastric tube. After a few days an abdominal X-ray was taken because of bilious vomiting and persistent absence of defecation. Connected foreign bodies were seen in the small intestine. These appeared to be 3 magnetic toy parts. Laparotomy showed that all symptoms were due to a volvulus of the small intestine around a fistula caused by entrapment of the intestinal wall between attracted magnets. Magnetic construction toys can be bought in toy stores in the Netherlands. Vigilance should be exercised with magnetic toys, because ingestion of multiple magnets can cause potentially life-threatening bowel complications.
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PMID:[Serious gastrointestinal complications due to accidental ingestion of magnetic toy parts]. 2069 28