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A 13 year old boy with umbilical pain for the last 12 hours presents with anorexia, nausea and has not passed a bowel motion for 24 hours. What is your diagnosis?

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A 13 year old boy with umbilical pain for the last 12 hours presents with anorexia, nausea and has not passed a bowel motion for 24 hours. What is your diagnosis?


  1. Acute appendicitis
  2. IBD
  3. IBS
  4. Meckel’s diverticulum
  5. Muscle strain
  6. Ovarian cysts
  7. PID
  8. Psoas hematoma

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The key is D. Meckel’s diverticulum. [In appendicitis pain shifts to rt iliac fossa within few hours].

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