An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning
Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. This case report reviews the clinical presentation of a patient with this unusual disorder and discusses the steps that the clinician used to reach the diagnosis. The concept of how clinicians use problem representations and illnes...
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American College of Physicians
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
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| description | Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. This case report reviews the clinical presentation of a patient with this unusual disorder and discusses the steps that the clinician used to reach the diagnosis. The concept of how clinicians use problem representations and illness scripts to arrive at a differential diagnosis, and ultimately a diagnosis, is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea525f37ee4a4eda9f775ea0aa8014842025-08-20T03:18:45ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642023-04-012410.7326/aimcc.2022.0456An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic ReasoningMichael Modica0Kristi Boudreaux1Sanjay Kamboj2John Amoss31LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana1LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana1LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana1LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, LouisianaSpontaneous bladder rupture is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. This case report reviews the clinical presentation of a patient with this unusual disorder and discusses the steps that the clinician used to reach the diagnosis. The concept of how clinicians use problem representations and illness scripts to arrive at a differential diagnosis, and ultimately a diagnosis, is discussed.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0456 |
| spellingShingle | Michael Modica Kristi Boudreaux Sanjay Kamboj John Amoss An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning |
| title_full | An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning |
| title_short | An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of the Diagnostic Reasoning |
| title_sort | unusual cause of acute abdominal pain a case report and review of the diagnostic reasoning |
| url | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0456 |
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