Footnotes

Section Editor: Kenneth Whitlow, MD

Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_cpcem

The authors attest that their institution requires neither Institutional Review Board approval nor patient consent for publication of this case report. Documentation on file.

Address for Correspondence: Timothy Young, MD, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, 11234 Anderson Street, Room A890A, Loma Linda, Ca. 92354. Email: tpyoung@llu.edu. 7:118 – 120

Submission history: Revision received September 28, 2021; Submitted March 19, 2022; Accepted August 23, 2022

Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

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