Stump appendicitis: A rare clinical entity

Stump appendicitis is one of the rare delayed complications after appendectomy with reported incidence of 1 in 50,000 cases. Stump appendicitis can present as a diagnostic dilemma if the treating clinician is unfamiliar with this rare clinical entity. We report an 18-year-old patient with Stump appe...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Abhinav, Sharma, Anil, Khullar, Rajesh, Soni, Vandana, Baijal, Manish, Chowbey, Pradeep K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Unusual Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.118835
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Sumario:Stump appendicitis is one of the rare delayed complications after appendectomy with reported incidence of 1 in 50,000 cases. Stump appendicitis can present as a diagnostic dilemma if the treating clinician is unfamiliar with this rare clinical entity. We report an 18-year-old patient with Stump appendicitis, who underwent completion appendectomy laparoscopically.

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