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Glutaric acidemia type 2 presenting as a surgical acute abdomen: a case of unnecessary exploratory laparotomy in an adult
A journal case report describes an adult whose metabolic disorder glutaric acidemia type 2 presented like an acute abdominal condition and led to an unnecessary exploratory laparotomy. Publisher metadata names Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the item is dated 2026-09-06.
Categories: public-health
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- Confidence
- 4/10
- Geographic reach
- 1/10
- Global importance
- 2/10
- Impact magnitude
- 2/10
- Positivity
- 2/10
- Urgency
- 1/10
Why it matters
It documents a diagnostic error that resulted in an unnecessary major surgical procedure.

