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Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Amyand hernia (AH) is a rare type of hernia characterized by the presence of appendix vermiformis in the inguinal hernial sac. It is rarely reported in women. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We presented a case of a 60- year old woman who was admitted initially with an abdominal wall abscess and...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Khalid, Hakim, Suhail, Suliman, Ahmed M., Aleter, Ammar, El-Menyar, Ayman, Mustafa, Sheriff abdulazeim, Zarour, Ahmad, Al-Thani, Hassan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28432931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.003
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author Ahmed, Khalid
Hakim, Suhail
Suliman, Ahmed M.
Aleter, Ammar
El-Menyar, Ayman
Mustafa, Sheriff abdulazeim
Zarour, Ahmad
Al-Thani, Hassan
author_facet Ahmed, Khalid
Hakim, Suhail
Suliman, Ahmed M.
Aleter, Ammar
El-Menyar, Ayman
Mustafa, Sheriff abdulazeim
Zarour, Ahmad
Al-Thani, Hassan
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description INTRODUCTION: Amyand hernia (AH) is a rare type of hernia characterized by the presence of appendix vermiformis in the inguinal hernial sac. It is rarely reported in women. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We presented a case of a 60- year old woman who was admitted initially with an abdominal wall abscess and found to have perforated appendix in the right inguinal hernia. The patient underwent standard open appendectomy and the post-operative course was uneventful. DISCUSSION: The initial presentation of our case as an abdominal wall abscess is rare in the contemporary literature. CONCLUSIONS: A high index of suspicious, early diagnosis and timely surgical intervention are the keys to have favorable outcome in amyand hernia. The management should follow general guidelines of appendectomy, hernia repair and dealing with the associated pathology if present.
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spelling pubmed-54026222017-05-01 Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report Ahmed, Khalid Hakim, Suhail Suliman, Ahmed M. Aleter, Ammar El-Menyar, Ayman Mustafa, Sheriff abdulazeim Zarour, Ahmad Al-Thani, Hassan Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Amyand hernia (AH) is a rare type of hernia characterized by the presence of appendix vermiformis in the inguinal hernial sac. It is rarely reported in women. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We presented a case of a 60- year old woman who was admitted initially with an abdominal wall abscess and found to have perforated appendix in the right inguinal hernia. The patient underwent standard open appendectomy and the post-operative course was uneventful. DISCUSSION: The initial presentation of our case as an abdominal wall abscess is rare in the contemporary literature. CONCLUSIONS: A high index of suspicious, early diagnosis and timely surgical intervention are the keys to have favorable outcome in amyand hernia. The management should follow general guidelines of appendectomy, hernia repair and dealing with the associated pathology if present. Elsevier 2017-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5402622/ /pubmed/28432931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.003 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Ahmed, Khalid
Hakim, Suhail
Suliman, Ahmed M.
Aleter, Ammar
El-Menyar, Ayman
Mustafa, Sheriff abdulazeim
Zarour, Ahmad
Al-Thani, Hassan
Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title_full Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title_fullStr Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title_short Acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: A case report
title_sort acute appendicitis presenting as an abdominal wall abscess: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28432931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.003
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