Post-colonoscopy appendicitis: a rare entity

A 35-year-old woman was admitted to the surgical ward complaining of right-sided lower abdominal pain. She had undergone colonoscopy a week previously. She was diagnosed with acute appendicitis following colonoscopy and laparoscopic appendectomy was performed via the 2-port technique. Post colonosco...

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Autores principales: Yagnik, Vipul D., Yagnik, Bhargav D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765454
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e55
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description A 35-year-old woman was admitted to the surgical ward complaining of right-sided lower abdominal pain. She had undergone colonoscopy a week previously. She was diagnosed with acute appendicitis following colonoscopy and laparoscopic appendectomy was performed via the 2-port technique. Post colonoscopy appendicitis is very rare with 14 cases reported since 1988.
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spelling pubmed-39812922014-04-24 Post-colonoscopy appendicitis: a rare entity Yagnik, Vipul D. Yagnik, Bhargav D. Clin Pract Case Report A 35-year-old woman was admitted to the surgical ward complaining of right-sided lower abdominal pain. She had undergone colonoscopy a week previously. She was diagnosed with acute appendicitis following colonoscopy and laparoscopic appendectomy was performed via the 2-port technique. Post colonoscopy appendicitis is very rare with 14 cases reported since 1988. PAGEPress Publications 2012-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3981292/ /pubmed/24765454 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e55 Text en ©Copyright V.D. Yagnik et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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