Acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump |
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Authors: | Aschkenasy Miriam T Rybicki Frank J |
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Institution: | Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA. |
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Abstract: | We report a case of a 27-year-old man, status post open appendectomy as an infant, in whom the diagnosis of acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump was made by computed tomography (CT). A coronal reformatted CT image demonstrated both the inflamed appendix and a normal terminal ileum. Although rare, stump appendicitis may present with signs and symptoms typical of acute appendicitis in patients status post appendectomy and should be considered in the differential diagnosis. |
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