Ruptured Appendicitis Leading to Development of a Tubo-Ovarian Abscess in a Non-sexually Active Adolescent Patient

Tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOA) are commonly associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) caused by sexually transmitted infections (STI). There have been several reports of adolescent non-sexually active female patients diagnosed with TOAs. Symptoms of TOAs often mimic appendicitis and have often...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 6; p. e41226
Main Authors Hsu, Angel, Sarowa, Brianna K, Abdessalam, Shahab F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 30.06.2023
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Abscesses
Appendicitis
Appendix
Bowel disease
Case reports
Diarrhea
Fallopian tubes
Females
General Surgery
Infections
Laparoscopy
Menstruation
Nausea
Ovaries
Pain
Patients
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Surgery
Teenagers
Vomiting
United States > US
ruptured appendicitis
mimicker of acute appendicitis
tubo-ovarian abscess nonsexually active
pediatric acute appendicits
pediatric tubo-ovarian abscess
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Summary:Tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOA) are commonly associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) caused by sexually transmitted infections (STI). There have been several reports of adolescent non-sexually active female patients diagnosed with TOAs. Symptoms of TOAs often mimic appendicitis and have often been diagnosed as such. We present a case of a 12-year-old non-sexually active adolescent who was initially diagnosed with ruptured appendicitis and found to have a TOA engulfing the appendix.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.41226