Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography

The authors present a case of acute appendicitis during a first trimester pregnancy. Appendicitis in pregnancy is especially dangerous because perforation of the appendix increases the likelihood of maternal and fetal morbidity significantly. For this reason, it is important to diagnose and treat su...

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Autores principales: Mangal, Rohan, Stead, Tej G, Ganti, Latha, Rosario, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695982
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5562
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description The authors present a case of acute appendicitis during a first trimester pregnancy. Appendicitis in pregnancy is especially dangerous because perforation of the appendix increases the likelihood of maternal and fetal morbidity significantly. For this reason, it is important to diagnose and treat suspected appendicitis in pregnancy as soon as possible. The patient was diagnosed with appendicitis via a transabdominal ultrasound. She was provided antibiotics and underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy and recovered without complications.
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spelling pubmed-68206642019-11-06 Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography Mangal, Rohan Stead, Tej G Ganti, Latha Rosario, Javier Cureus Radiology The authors present a case of acute appendicitis during a first trimester pregnancy. Appendicitis in pregnancy is especially dangerous because perforation of the appendix increases the likelihood of maternal and fetal morbidity significantly. For this reason, it is important to diagnose and treat suspected appendicitis in pregnancy as soon as possible. The patient was diagnosed with appendicitis via a transabdominal ultrasound. She was provided antibiotics and underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy and recovered without complications. Cureus 2019-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6820664/ /pubmed/31695982 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5562 Text en Copyright © 2019, Mangal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mangal, Rohan
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Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title_full Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title_fullStr Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title_short Diagnosing Appendicitis in Pregnancy Via Ultrasonography
title_sort diagnosing appendicitis in pregnancy via ultrasonography
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695982
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5562
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