DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had such a terrific pain under my right ribcage that I thought I was having a gallbladder attack. And the emergency-room personnel thought the same thing. After the ultrasound ...
A number of diagnoses were still considered possibilities as the patient underwent laparotomy. A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right upper-quadrant (RUQ) ...