Palpable Mass in a 12-year-old Girl With Abdominal Pain

Courtney Humphrey, MD
Michael Scholl, MD

American Family Physician. 2025;112(2):203-204.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

COURTNEY HUMPHREY, MD, FAAFP, and MICHAEL SCHOLL, MD, St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Address correspondence to Courtney Humphrey, MD, at Courtney.Humphrey@sluhn.org.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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