Acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump

We report a case of a 27-year-old man, status post open appendectomy as an infant, in whom the diagnosis of acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump was made by computed tomography (CT). A coronal reformatted CT image demonstrated both the inflamed appendix and a normal terminal ileum. Although r...

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Published inThe Journal of emergency medicine Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 41 - 43
Main Authors Aschkenasy, Miriam T., Rybicki, Frank J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 2005
Subjects
Abdominal Pain - etiology
Abdominal Pain - surgery
abscess
Acute Disease
Adult
Appendectomy
appendiceal abscess
appendicitis
Appendicitis - complications
Appendicitis - diagnostic imaging
Appendix - diagnostic imaging
computed tomography
Humans
Male
Recurrence
stumpitis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
recurrence
computed tomography
appendiceal abscess
stumpitis
appendicitis
appendectomy
abscess
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Summary:We report a case of a 27-year-old man, status post open appendectomy as an infant, in whom the diagnosis of acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump was made by computed tomography (CT). A coronal reformatted CT image demonstrated both the inflamed appendix and a normal terminal ileum. Although rare, stump appendicitis may present with signs and symptoms typical of acute appendicitis in patients status post appendectomy and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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ISSN:0736-4679
2352-5029
DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.07.007