Abdominal Pain and Anemia in a Child

Allison King, MD, MPH and John DiPersio, MD, PhD

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

This case was reviewed and updated in 2009 by Dr. Eric Kraut and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

What was your differential diagnosis when you first saw the patient?

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Acute leukemia
Acute chest syndrome
Cholecystitis
Constipation
Pneumonia
Upper respiratory tract infection
Vaso-occlusive pain crisis


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