Traumatic appendicitis misdiagnosed as a case of haemoperitoneum

• Published in: BMJ Case Reports Vol. 2014
• Main Authors: Ahmed, Syed Tausif, Ranjan, Rajeev, Saha, Subhendu Bikas, Singh, Balbodh
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 23.04.2014

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...