Traumatic appendicitis misdiagnosed as a case of haemoperitoneum
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 r...
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Published in | BMJ Case Reports Vol. 2014 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Report |
Language | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
23.04.2014
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Summary: | 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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Bibliography: | local:casereports;2014/apr23_1/bcr2013202082 href:casereports-2014-bcr-2013-202082.pdf istex:404544F2BB732D2374E082E5EB86D0725501F088 ArticleID:bcr-2013-202082 ark:/67375/NVC-3H1NVGT6-H |
ISSN: | 1757-790X |
DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2013-202082 |