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Department of Surgery, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, Ireland.Issue Date
2010
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Case report of recurrent acute appendicitis in a residual tip. 2010, 3:14 Cases JJournal
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10.1186/1757-1626-3-14PubMed ID
20157645Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Residual appendicitis involving the stump of the appendix has been well described in the literature in the past. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 43 year old male with acute onset of abdominal pain who had undergone an appendicectomy ten years previously. Ultrasound revealed the presence of an inflamed tubular structure. Subsequent laparotomy and histology confirmed that this structure was an inflamed residual appendiceal tip. CONCLUSION: Residual tip appendicitis has not been reported in the literature previously and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of localised peritonitis in a patient with a history of a previous open appendicectomy.Language
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1757-1626ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1757-1626-3-14
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