Abstract
An 87-year-old woman presented night-time at accident & emergency department with severe abdominal pain. Vital signs and blood tests were unremarkable. A CT scan abdomen-pelvis showed also no significant abnormality apart from sigmoid diverticular disease without signs of inflammation and a gastric distension likely reflecting gastritis.
The pain initially settled but about 12 hours later represented. Vitals were still within normal range; abdomen was tender but soft with no guarding and mildly distended. A chest x-ray was thus requested urgently.
Citation
Marchese S. Urgent X-Ray for A Nonsuspicious Pain. SM J Surg. 2018; 4(1): 1020.