Gastroenteritis exhumed

J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2008 Jan-Mar;20(1):140-2.

Abstract

Nature of presenting symptoms and even signs of disease can lead to a diagnosis that seems routine but is in fact erroneous because a sufficient index of suspicion is not generated in the mind of the physician dealing with the case. A young girl of about 16 years was brought to the Casualty Department, DHQ Hospital Bannu on 12 Sep 2004 with complains of severe vomiting and diarrhoea; the casualty medical officer diagnosed her as a case of acute gastroenteritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Arsenic Poisoning / complications*
  • Arsenic Poisoning / diagnosis*
  • Arsenicals / isolation & purification*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Gastroenteritis / chemically induced*
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis*
  • Homicide*
  • Humans
  • Pakistan
  • Spouses

Substances

  • Arsenicals