RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An unusual cause of peritonitis in a deployed environment
JF Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
JO J R Army Med Corps
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP 69
OP 70
DO 10.1136/jramc-2013-000185
VO 161
IS 1
A1 Proffitt, Adrian
A1 Faulconer, R
A1 Kreishman, P
A1 Graybill, S
A1 Craig, D
YR 2015
UL http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/161/1/69.abstract
AB Acute abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint to both primary and secondary care, and is a frequent cause of hospital admission among deployed personnel. Identification of generalised peritonism on abdominal examination is a classical indicator of intra-abdominal pathology that may warrant exploratory laparotomy. Negative findings at laparotomy should serve as a diagnostic prompt to consider other non-surgical mimics of an acute abdomen.