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Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review
A 27-year-old man presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He had been having similar episodes for the last seven years, and all of the previous workups had been unremarkable. After excluding all organic causes of his presentation, the patient was diagnosed wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7769787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391928 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11695 |
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author | Al-Mahrouqi, Tamadhir Al Busaidi, Salim A Al Alawi, Abdullah M |
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description | A 27-year-old man presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He had been having similar episodes for the last seven years, and all of the previous workups had been unremarkable. After excluding all organic causes of his presentation, the patient was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) and managed accordingly. He has shown remarkable improvement and no further attack has been reported for almost five months since the diagnosis was made. This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge represented by CVS. Also, it summarizes the main aspects of management to achieve and maintain the remission of the condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-77697872020-12-31 Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review Al-Mahrouqi, Tamadhir Al Busaidi, Salim A Al Alawi, Abdullah M Cureus Medical Education A 27-year-old man presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He had been having similar episodes for the last seven years, and all of the previous workups had been unremarkable. After excluding all organic causes of his presentation, the patient was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) and managed accordingly. He has shown remarkable improvement and no further attack has been reported for almost five months since the diagnosis was made. This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge represented by CVS. Also, it summarizes the main aspects of management to achieve and maintain the remission of the condition. Cureus 2020-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7769787/ /pubmed/33391928 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11695 Text en Copyright © 2020, Al-Mahrouqi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Medical Education Al-Mahrouqi, Tamadhir Al Busaidi, Salim A Al Alawi, Abdullah M Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title_full | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title_short | Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Case Report and Mini Literature Review |
title_sort | cyclic vomiting syndrome: a case report and mini literature review |
topic | Medical Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7769787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391928 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11695 |
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