Traumatic appendicitis misdiagnosed as a case of haemoperitoneum.
BMJ Case Rep
; 20142014 Apr 23.
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| ID: mdl-24759158
ABSTRACT
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common emergencies handled by a surgeon. Various aetiologies of acute appendicitis have been proposed but none have been proved. Trauma too has been proposed as a cause of acute appendicitis. Here we present a case of blunt trauma abdomen which was explored to rule out a perforation of hollow viscous organ and haemoperitoneum, but at the time of exploration a perforated appendicitis was found. The chronological order of events points towards blunt trauma as the probable cause of this appendicitis. This case also highlights the fact that even if trauma was not the cause of acute appendicitis, acute appendicitis should still be kept in the differential diagnosis of a patient presenting with pain in the right lower abdomen and a history of trauma.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Apendicitis
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Heridas no Penetrantes
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Errores Diagnósticos
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Hemoperitoneo
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Traumatismos Abdominales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ Case Rep
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India