Giant Appendicolith in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Appendicitis: Case Report and Literature Review
| Autor: | Alberto Manuel González Chávez, Ricardo Ray Huacuja Blanco, Silviano Ríos Pascual, Mario Andrés González Chávez, Diego Abelardo Álvarez Hernández, José de Jesús Curiel Valdés |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Exacerbation business.industry General surgery Iliac fossa Context (language use) 030230 surgery medicine.disease Appendicitis 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Acute abdomen Gallstone ileus medicine Medical diagnosis medicine.symptom business Calcification |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Science. :457-463 |
| ISSN: | 2157-9415 2157-9407 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/ss.2017.811051 |
| Popis: | Right iliac fossa pain remains a challenge for clinicians, since it requires considering several differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis continues to be one of the most important diagnoses to confirm or to rule out in acute abdominal pain, due to the associated morbidity and mortality. Currently, imaging studies contribute to increase diagnostic certainty, but sometimes reveal unexpected findings, which may further complicate the diagnosis and therapeutic decisions. We present the case of an unusual image finding in the right iliac fossa, a calcification suggestive of gallstone ileus, in the context of an acute abdomen with an unusual transoperative finding, whose definitive diagnosis by pathology, was also rare. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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