An unusually long appendix in a child: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency, but its diagnosis in children can be a challenge to the treating surgeon. CASE PRESENTATION: A 10 years-old girl was admitted to the paediatrics surgical ward with a right sided abdominal pain. The initial clinical presentation was va...

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Autores principales: Alzaraa, Ahmed, Chaudhry, Sunil
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829951
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7398
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description INTRODUCTION: Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency, but its diagnosis in children can be a challenge to the treating surgeon. CASE PRESENTATION: A 10 years-old girl was admitted to the paediatrics surgical ward with a right sided abdominal pain. The initial clinical presentation was vague. She underwent an appendicectomy which revealed a very long appendix. CONCLUSION: About half of the adult patients with appendicitis present with the known classical signs and symptoms, but the clinical scenario might be completely different in children. This case is educational as it highlights the importance of the atypical presentations of an unusually long appendix in children.
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spelling pubmed-27400762009-10-14 An unusually long appendix in a child: a case report Alzaraa, Ahmed Chaudhry, Sunil Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency, but its diagnosis in children can be a challenge to the treating surgeon. CASE PRESENTATION: A 10 years-old girl was admitted to the paediatrics surgical ward with a right sided abdominal pain. The initial clinical presentation was vague. She underwent an appendicectomy which revealed a very long appendix. CONCLUSION: About half of the adult patients with appendicitis present with the known classical signs and symptoms, but the clinical scenario might be completely different in children. This case is educational as it highlights the importance of the atypical presentations of an unusually long appendix in children. Cases Network Ltd 2009-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2740076/ /pubmed/19829951 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7398 Text en © 2009 Alzaraa and Chaudhry; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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