Some Stones Are Precious—Extraluminal Appendicoliths

Appendicoliths are commonly implicated in the etiopathogenesis of acute appendicitis. Extraluminal appendicoliths are not uncommon and are frequently encountered with ruptured appendicitis. The present image scenario focuses on the importance of identifying and subsequently retrieval of these extral...

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Published inIndian journal of surgery Vol. 78; no. 6; pp. 507 - 508
Main Authors Gupta, Nishant, Sapire, Joshua M., Marrinan, Greg, Bansal, Itisha, Kumar, Yogesh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.12.2016
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Calcification
Cardiac Surgery
Images in Surgery
Medical diagnosis
Medical schools
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosurgery
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Extraluminal
Appendicoliths
Abscess
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Summary:Appendicoliths are commonly implicated in the etiopathogenesis of acute appendicitis. Extraluminal appendicoliths are not uncommon and are frequently encountered with ruptured appendicitis. The present image scenario focuses on the importance of identifying and subsequently retrieval of these extraluminal appendicoliths to prevent long-term complications, including intra-abdominal abscess.
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ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-016-1550-6