Between a rock and a hard place: retained appendicolith causing a mechanical small bowel obstruction

Here we report an unusual case of small bowel obstruction, preluded by an unremarkable presentation of appendicitis. The small bowel obstruction subsequently diagnosed involved deposition of an appendicolith within the small bowel. Radiographic features of this incident are discussed along with its...

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Autores principales: Sagkriotis, Ioannis, Habib, Zain, Zardab, Mohammed
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/PMC7524605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz393
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description Here we report an unusual case of small bowel obstruction, preluded by an unremarkable presentation of appendicitis. The small bowel obstruction subsequently diagnosed involved deposition of an appendicolith within the small bowel. Radiographic features of this incident are discussed along with its pathomechanics. Surgical management was carried out and is detailed along with advice for the management of retained appendicolith.
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spelling pubmed-75246052020-10-05 Between a rock and a hard place: retained appendicolith causing a mechanical small bowel obstruction Sagkriotis, Ioannis Habib, Zain Zardab, Mohammed J Surg Case Rep Case Report Here we report an unusual case of small bowel obstruction, preluded by an unremarkable presentation of appendicitis. The small bowel obstruction subsequently diagnosed involved deposition of an appendicolith within the small bowel. Radiographic features of this incident are discussed along with its pathomechanics. Surgical management was carried out and is detailed along with advice for the management of retained appendicolith. Oxford University Press 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7524605/ /pubmed/33024543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz393 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. 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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