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Don't forget ‘simple’ causes of abdominal pain
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  1. Valentina Giorgio,
  2. Serena Monaco,
  3. Roberta Onesimo,
  4. Carlo Fundarò
  1. Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Roberta Onesimo, roberta_onesimo{at}yahoo.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-006502

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    A 6-year-old male child presented with intermittent abdominal pain and alternating bowel since 1 year. Lab tests resulted negative, except for high erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Stool studies—occult blood and microbiology—resulted unremarkable. Symptoms were persistent and started impairing the child's life everyday. Despite failure to thrive, abdominal pain at night was not registered. Abdomen ultrasound …

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