Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report

Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency. When present in an abnormal subhepatic location, it can pose a challenge in its diagnosis and management. Subhepatic appendicitis is a rare phenomenon, especially in the pediatric age group. Herein, we present a rare case of subhepatic appendicitis in an...

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Autores principales: Alqahtani, Saad M, Lasheen, Mohamed, Paray, Showkat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6984176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025411
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6489
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description Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency. When present in an abnormal subhepatic location, it can pose a challenge in its diagnosis and management. Subhepatic appendicitis is a rare phenomenon, especially in the pediatric age group. Herein, we present a rare case of subhepatic appendicitis in an 11-year-old boy with delayed presentation but managed successfully.
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spelling pubmed-69841762020-02-05 Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report Alqahtani, Saad M Lasheen, Mohamed Paray, Showkat Cureus General Surgery Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency. When present in an abnormal subhepatic location, it can pose a challenge in its diagnosis and management. Subhepatic appendicitis is a rare phenomenon, especially in the pediatric age group. Herein, we present a rare case of subhepatic appendicitis in an 11-year-old boy with delayed presentation but managed successfully. Cureus 2019-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6984176/ /pubmed/32025411 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6489 Text en Copyright © 2019, Alqahtani 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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Alqahtani, Saad M
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Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title_full Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title_short Subhepatic Appendicitis in an 11-year-old Boy: A Case Report
title_sort subhepatic appendicitis in an 11-year-old boy: a case report
topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6984176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025411
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6489
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