Abdominal Pain / Abdominal Mass

Clerkship

Lecture materials and small group cases are posted here for University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine students. Access to these materials are password protected.

Objectives

By the end of the Paediatric Clerkship, a medical student will be able to:

1. Clinically recognize and propose an investigation and management plan for patients with appendicitis, constipation and functional abdominal pain.
2. Recognize the clinical features of neuroblastoma, ovarian torsion, pregnancy and Wilm's tumor.

Half Day Cases

• A 4 year old boy presents with a 12 hour history of abdominal pain
• A 12 year old girl presents with a 6 month history of chronic abdominal pain
• A 6 year old boy with chronic abdominal pain presents with infrequent stooling
• A 3 year old boy presents with a 1.5 year history of non-bloody diarrhea (3-4 loose stools per day)