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cord-310895-zkzew0kb	Periyakaruppan, Muthiah	COVID Abdomen: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Presenting as ‘Acute Abdomen’ in a Child	2020-09-23		.txt	text/plain	549	37	54	title: COVID Abdomen: SARS-CoV-2 Infection Presenting as 'Acute Abdomen' in a Child To the Editor: Despite lesser incidence and disease severity of COVID-19 in children, growing evidence suggests huge heterogeneity in clinical presentation [1] . [4] reported the importance of chest CT evaluation in addition to abdominal CT in patients presenting as acute abdomen to identify basal pneumonia to ignite a suspicion of COVID-19, not as a primary acute abdomen presentation. Our index case was a pure abdominal presentation at the onset masquerading as surgical abdomen, persisted through the second week and progressed to shock without any respiratory symptoms. Recent observations all over the world suggest that it can very well be a presentation of 'acute COVID Inflammation' [5] . Covid-19: concerns grow over inflammatory syndrome emerging in children Children with Covid-19 in pediatric emergency departments in Italy Role of chest CT in patients with acute abdomen during the COVID-19 era	./cache/cord-310895-zkzew0kb.txt	./txt/cord-310895-zkzew0kb.txt