Abstract
This article has no abstract. The first 100 words appear below: A 12-year-old boy of non-consanguineous parents presented with the history of fever and left sided upper abdominal pain for 1 month. His fever was high grade, intermittent, associated with chills and rigor. The abdominal pain was dull aching in nature without any radiation, aggravating or relieving factors. His bowel habit was normal. The child had no history of jaundice, cough, respiratory distress, burning sensation during micturition, earache, skin infection, contact with tubercular patient, blood transfusion or parenteral medica-tion. On examination, she was fretful, febrile, mode-rately pale, and anicteric. Tachycardia was present. Per abdominal examination revealed tenderness at the left hypochondriac region.
Highlights
Dr Mohuya Mondal: A 12-year-old boy of nonconsanguineous parents presented with the history of fever and left sided upper abdominal pain for 1 month
As other common causes of fever and upper abdominal pain were excluded and the ultrasonography of the abdomen was suggested as splenic abscess
Antipyretic and tepid sponging were given for fever
Summary
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh (MM, MR, PM, DS); National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh (AKMFB) Received: Accepted: Available Online: 16 September 2018 19 November 2018 25 December 2018 Keywords: Abdominal pain; Fever; Kalaazar; Splenic abscess; Tuberculosis Cite this article: Mondal M, Rukunuzzaman M, Bari AKMF, Marjan P, Saha D. A 12-year-old boy presented with fever and left-sided upper abdominal pain. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Med Univ J. 2018; 11: 310314. Copyright: The copyright of this article is retained by the author(s) [Atribution CC-By 4.0] Available at: www.banglajol.info A Journal of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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