Delayed Appendicitis Diagnosis [Adolescent]

Case #96

A 16-year-old young man developed abdominal pain.

The next day his mother took him to his pediatrician.

The pediatrician was concerned for appendicitis and sent him to the ED of a pediatric hospital.

In the ED, labs were done showing a leukocytosis.

A fellowship-trained pediatric surgeon saw the patient.

The surgeon was not convinced that the patient had ap…