BACKGROUND
Abdominal pain is one of the commonest reasons to seek medical help in
pediatrics. It is estimated that about 15% of children visited doctors
because of abdominal pain. Approximately 25% of these patients had pain
that affected their everyday activities. Depending on the
characteristics of the abdominal pain, the differential diagnosis
includes a variety of gastrointestinal causes like abdominal pain
(functional), constipation, and gastroesophageal reflux-related, with
other intra-abdominal and extra-abdominal etiologies. Examples of these
are oncological processes manifesting with abdominal
pain.1,2 Herein, we highlight a rare case of pediatric
spinal cord tumor presenting as a recurrent abdominal pain.