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Editor's quiz: GI snapshot
Keeping abdominal pain in the family
  1. T J Cahill1,
  2. A Slater2,
  3. S P L Travis1
  1. 1Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
  2. 2Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr SPL Travis, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Nuffield Department of Experimental Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; simon.travis{at}ndm.ox.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2010.223701

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    Clinical presentation

    A previously fit 30-year old software technician was admitted with a 2-week history of severe abdominal pain, associated with nausea and bloody diarrhoea. He had no medical or surgical history, was a non-smoker and took no medication or recreational drugs. His mother, brother and maternal grandmother had had deep vein thromboses or pulmonary emboli.

    On examination he was afebrile, with central abdominal tenderness but no evidence of peritonism. His white cell count (16.1×109/litre) and C-reactive protein (CRP, 138 mg/litre) were elevated. Serum amylase and lactate were normal.

    Chest and plain …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.