Laparoscopic Surgery for Acute Appendicitis in Children With Cancer

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pain during cancer chemotherapy may be caused by medical or surgical conditions. A retrospective review of 5 children with cancer who had appendicitis while receiving chemotherapy was performed. CASE DESCRIPTIONS: Three had acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 1 each had T-cell...

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Autores principales: Singer, Julia, Stringel, Gustavo, Ozkaynak, Mehmet Fevzi, McBride, Whitney, Pandya, Samir, Sandoval, Claudio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2015
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Scientific Papers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26390529
http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/JSLS.2015.00066
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pain during cancer chemotherapy may be caused by medical or surgical conditions. A retrospective review of 5 children with cancer who had appendicitis while receiving chemotherapy was performed. CASE DESCRIPTIONS: Three had acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 1 each had T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. Two of the patients had a Pediatric Appendectomy Score of 6, and 1 each had a score of 7, 5, and 2. All had evidence of appendicitis on computed tomography. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed without any perioperative complication. DISCUSSION: Appendicitis is an important diagnosis in children with cancer, and laparoscopic appendectomy is safe and the procedure of choice.

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