Appendicitis as a complication of colonoscopy

Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy, with no reports in the British literature. Here we discuss a case report of a patient who developed acute appendicitis 24 hours following a normal diagnostic colonoscopy. This case report highlights the rarity of this life threaten...

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Autores principales: Sheikh, AA, Watt, J, Tee, M, Selvasekar, CR
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
Materias:
Colorectal Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.9.1
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description Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy, with no reports in the British literature. Here we discuss a case report of a patient who developed acute appendicitis 24 hours following a normal diagnostic colonoscopy. This case report highlights the rarity of this life threatening complication and discusses its aetiology.
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spelling pubmed-36491742013-05-14 Appendicitis as a complication of colonoscopy Sheikh, AA Watt, J Tee, M Selvasekar, CR J Surg Case Rep Colorectal Surgery Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy, with no reports in the British literature. Here we discuss a case report of a patient who developed acute appendicitis 24 hours following a normal diagnostic colonoscopy. This case report highlights the rarity of this life threatening complication and discusses its aetiology. JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3649174/ /pubmed/24946353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/2010.9.1 Text en © JSCR
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Sheikh, AA
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Appendicitis as a complication of colonoscopy
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topic Colorectal Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649174/
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