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Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Appendiceal endometriosis is an entity of extragonadal endometriosis. It commonly affects women of childbearing age with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Women can present with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis. Ultrasound, computed tomography scan (CT-Sca...

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Autores principales: Aragone, Lucía, Pasquini, Mariana Toffolo, Rebzda, Victoria Scasso, Talarico, Mariela Sol, Mihura, Matías
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36958144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107993
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author Aragone, Lucía
Pasquini, Mariana Toffolo
Rebzda, Victoria Scasso
Talarico, Mariela Sol
Mihura, Matías
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Pasquini, Mariana Toffolo
Rebzda, Victoria Scasso
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Mihura, Matías
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description INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Appendiceal endometriosis is an entity of extragonadal endometriosis. It commonly affects women of childbearing age with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Women can present with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis. Ultrasound, computed tomography scan (CT-Scan) and laparoscopy can be used for evaluation although the definitive diagnosis is obtained only with the histopathological study. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of appendiceal endometriosis presenting as acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain in a woman of childbearing age. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: We discuss appendiceal endometriosis as a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis in young women and the diagnostic challenges this condition may pose to general surgeons. CONCLUSION: Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare condition with a challenging diagnosis. Although appendectomy relieves the acute symptoms, gynecological follow up is strongly recommended.
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spelling pubmed-100533992023-03-30 Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis Aragone, Lucía Pasquini, Mariana Toffolo Rebzda, Victoria Scasso Talarico, Mariela Sol Mihura, Matías Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Appendiceal endometriosis is an entity of extragonadal endometriosis. It commonly affects women of childbearing age with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Women can present with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis. Ultrasound, computed tomography scan (CT-Scan) and laparoscopy can be used for evaluation although the definitive diagnosis is obtained only with the histopathological study. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of appendiceal endometriosis presenting as acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain in a woman of childbearing age. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: We discuss appendiceal endometriosis as a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis in young women and the diagnostic challenges this condition may pose to general surgeons. CONCLUSION: Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare condition with a challenging diagnosis. Although appendectomy relieves the acute symptoms, gynecological follow up is strongly recommended. Elsevier 2023-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10053399/ /pubmed/36958144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107993 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Aragone, Lucía
Pasquini, Mariana Toffolo
Rebzda, Victoria Scasso
Talarico, Mariela Sol
Mihura, Matías
Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title_full Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title_fullStr Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title_full_unstemmed Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title_short Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
title_sort appendiceal endometriosis: case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36958144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.107993
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