Payr's disease: a rare cause of abdominal pain syndrome in children

Ievhen  Cherkavskyi; Nataliia  Sliusar

doi:10.32345/USMYJ.2(154).2025.72-76

Ievhen Cherkavskyi Student, O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4386-460X
Nataliia Sliusar Assistant, Department of Pediatrics No. 2, O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-4461

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32345/USMYJ.2(154).2025.72-76

Keywords: Abdominal Pain; Child; Congenital; Gastrointestinal Tract; Differential Diagnosis; payr's disease; splenic flexure syndrome.

Abstract

Payr's disease is a rare congenital isolated splanchnoptosis, the diagnostic search of which is a challenge for the doctor. Differential diagnosis of this nosology with other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract is important, because the successful determination of treatment tactics depends on it. The described clinical case demonstrates the relevance of congenital diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, which can lead to abdominal pain syndrome.

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