Acute appendicitis with four appendicoliths: a first case report in the English literature

This is an extremely rare presentation of multiple appendicoliths in one appendix. Multiple appendicoliths as well as appendicoliths larger than 5 mm have been implicated in severe appendicitis as well as perforation and gangrene of the appendix. There is no known correlation with appendicular malig...

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Autores principales: Lafleche, Patrick, Pillay, Yagan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32704344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa173
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description This is an extremely rare presentation of multiple appendicoliths in one appendix. Multiple appendicoliths as well as appendicoliths larger than 5 mm have been implicated in severe appendicitis as well as perforation and gangrene of the appendix. There is no known correlation with appendicular malignancy. The controversy arises in the surgical management of asymptomatic patients. There is emerging evidence that justifies an elective appendicectomy in asymptomatic patients.
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spelling pubmed-73710102020-07-22 Acute appendicitis with four appendicoliths: a first case report in the English literature Lafleche, Patrick Pillay, Yagan J Surg Case Rep Case Report This is an extremely rare presentation of multiple appendicoliths in one appendix. Multiple appendicoliths as well as appendicoliths larger than 5 mm have been implicated in severe appendicitis as well as perforation and gangrene of the appendix. There is no known correlation with appendicular malignancy. The controversy arises in the surgical management of asymptomatic patients. There is emerging evidence that justifies an elective appendicectomy in asymptomatic patients. Oxford University Press 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7371010/ /pubmed/32704344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa173 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_fullStr Acute appendicitis with four appendicoliths: a first case report in the English literature
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title_short Acute appendicitis with four appendicoliths: a first case report in the English literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371010/
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