Unusual etiology for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a previously healthy child

• Main Authors: Madhuradhar Chegondi (Author), Tara Loux (Author), Balagangadhar R. Totapally (Author), Cathy A. Burnweit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Paraduodenal hernia (PDH) is the most common congenital internal hernia and rarely presents in pediatric age group with acute abdominal symptoms. We report a six year old boy who has recurrent vague abdominal pain, vomiting for six months and massive upper GI bleed at admission, found to have left s...