Complicated acute appendicitis? An unusual differential

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作者
Cawich, Shamir O. [1 ]
Hassranah, Dale [1 ]
Pooran, Suresh [1 ]
Dan, Dilip [1 ]
Narayansingh, Vijay [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ W Indies, Dept Clin Surg Sci, St Augustine, Trinidad Tobago
关键词
Appendicitis; packer; drug; complicated; surgery; BODY-PACKING; APPENDECTOMY;
D O I
10.1177/0049475514550064
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical diagnosis but several differential diagnoses exist and should be considered. Internal concealment is one such diagnosis. We present a case of a young man taken to the operating room with a preoperative diagnosis of complicated acute appendicitis. A ruptured caecum was encountered and several free-floating drug pellets were present. Attending doctors should consider this differential in the high prevalence areas and, whenever encountered, they should strongly consider early reporting.
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