PATIENT INFORMATION
Our patient is a 20 years old Sudanese female who was admitted to our
medicine department in Alshuhada hospital on June 2022 with a chief
complaint of high-grade fever and right iliac fossa pain radiating to
the back for 1 day. There was no associated nausea, vomiting, change in
bowel habits or weight loss.
Personal history revealed that the patient had pica symptoms in the last
two years as she consumed a large amount of ice on a daily basis. She
has normal menstrual cycle history for the past two years. She has no
family history of chronic diseases or anemia. Her social history was
unremarkable for smoking, alcohol drinking and she was not sexually
active.