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Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 108(7): 437-9, 2016 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26230925
RESUMO
Chronic complications of acute appendicitis managed in a conservative manner are not frequent. We present a case of acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a young patient with a previous acute appendicitis without surgical intervention. The colonoscopy detected an appendicular bleeding which was surgically treated. The anatomopathological diagnosis was granulomatous appendicitis. The clinical evolution of the patient was favorable without bleeding recurrence. Appendicular hemorrhage can be an unusual complication-however potentially severe-of acute appendicitis not treated surgically.