RESUMO
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal pathology worldwide that requires immediate intervention. We report a 78-year-old patient who presented with acute appendicitis. A computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis showed acute appendicitis due to appendiceal orifice obstruction from a migrated biliary stent. The condition was successfully treated nonoperatively with endoscopic stent removal, allowing his discharge 72 hours after his admission.
Assuntos
Apendicite , Migração de Corpo Estranho , Stents , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Humanos , Idoso , Apendicite/cirurgia , Masculino , Migração de Corpo Estranho/diagnóstico por imagem , Migração de Corpo Estranho/cirurgia , Migração de Corpo Estranho/etiologia , Doença Aguda , Stents/efeitos adversos , Remoção de DispositivoRESUMO
La apendicitis aguda es la patología quirúrgica abdominal más común alrededor del mundo. Presentamos un caso de un paciente de 78 años que se presentó con un cuadro de apendicitis aguda en el servicio de urgencias. La tomografía computada de abdomen y pelvis mostró una apendicitis aguda secundaria a la obstrucción del orificio apendicular por una prótesis biliar migrada. Se realizó un manejo exitoso mediante el retiro de la prótesis por colonoscopía, permitiendo el alta hospitalaria del paciente 72 horas posteriores al ingreso.
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal pathology worldwide that requires immediate intervention. We report a 78-year-old patient who presented with acute appendicitis. A computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis showed acute appendicitis due to appendiceal orifice obstruction from a migrated biliary stent. The condition was successfully treated nonoperatively with endoscopic stent removal, allowing his discharge 72 hours after his admission.