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Acute appendicitis: a surprising finding

Clinical Presentation A 14-year-old boy with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain which had begun several hours prior in a periumbilical location, then had migrated to the right lower quadrant. Physical examination revealed marked right lower quadrant abdominal tenderness, and a complete blood count was remarkable [...]