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Journal : Health and Medical Journal

A Case Report: Unusual Manifestation of MIS-C with Acute Abdomen Caused by Gut Perforation Ihsan, Indra; Mayetti, Mayetti; Yusuf, Yusirwan
Health and Medical Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2024): HEME September 2024
Publisher : Universitas Baiturrahmah

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33854/heme.v6i3.1623

Abstract

 Background: Gastrointestinal symptoms are common presenting features of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and can overlap with other abdominal symptoms. Case Report: We reported A case of a 2-year-old girl who was hospitalized with MIS-C and had abdominal pain symptoms which got worse day by day. Abdominal x-ray revealed gut perforation and she was consulted by the pediatric surgeon and then underwent an emergency exploratory laparotomy and intraoperative findings showed a perforation in the caecum area. Conclusion: MIS-C can induce acute gut perforation and in the pandemic era MIS-C should be considered in the differential for a patient with acute abdominal symptoms.