Can sonographic findings stop surgical intervention in acute abdomen in childhood? –7-year old boy with hereditary angioedema (case report)

Objectives: Severe attacks of abdominal pain with tedner and rigid abdominal wall in children are often difficult to distinguish from acute abdominal conditions. There are some conditions with sever abdominal pain in childhood that can prompt unnecessary exploratory laparotomy. Only a few reports have been published about the role of sonography in the diagnosis of abdominal HAE attack in children. Methods: We described sonographic fidings during first sever attack of abdominal pain in 7-year old boy with known hereditary angioedema (HAE). Results: Sonography detected ascites with thickened peritoneum and decreas…