21-year-old woman with acute abdominal pain and vomiting

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ABDOMINAL, FLUOROSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL

A 21-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with an acute episode of worsening abdominal pain and vomiting. Over the previous four days, the patient had been vomiting acidlike fluid and had abdominal pain up into her chest and neck.

University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Radiology

August 29, 2022

Instructions

Interactive questions with live hyperlinks are interspersed within this coursework. Please respond to each question as you encounter it while working through the material. You need to select the correct answer for each and every question in order to receive CME credit for this course.

ACCME Disclosure

University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology receives a corporate grant from AuntMinnie.com for contribution of case materials for this educational activity. University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology has disclosed that it does not have any real or perceived conflict of interest in preparing this educational activity, nor does this activity discuss any unlabeled or unapproved drug or device.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the exercise, you should be able to:

Explain why the featured patient presented with the stated history.
Describe the radiographic findings for the diagnosis.
Give a differential diagnosis for the radiographic findings.
Discuss key points of the diagnosis.

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