Rare Complications of Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
Autor: | Andrew R. Ketterer, Nicholas Kurtzman, Jamie Adler, Jason J Lewis |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Case Report Emergency Nursing medicine Septic thrombophlebitis Past medical history Complicated appendicitis biology business.industry General surgery lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Emergency department lcsh:RC86-88.9 medicine.disease Appendicitis liver abscess septic thrombophlebitis medicine.anatomical_structure Alanine transaminase Emergency Medicine biology.protein Abdomen medicine.symptom business Complication |
Zdroj: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2021) Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Popis: | Author(s): Kurtzman, Nicholas; Adler, Jamie; Ketterer, Andrew; Lewis, Jason | Abstract: Introduction: Appendicitis is a common disease, and as we have improved in early diagnosis and management of this disease process, late stage complications have become extremely rare, but can have indolent presentations.Case Report: A 37-year-old male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with vague abdominal pain as well as 12 days of cyclical fever. He had no significant findings on laboratory workup with the exception of a mild aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase and relative neutrophilia between outpatient, urgent care, and ultimate ED visit. His ED workup included cross-sectional imaging of his abdomen revealing multiple liver abscesses and septic thrombophlebitis secondary to ruptured appendicitis.Conclusion: Liver abscesses and septic thrombophlebitis are an extremely rare complication of appendicitis that has only been documented twice previously. |
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