Pericarditis with cardiac tamponade – A misleading complication of appendicitis: A rare case report

INTRODUCTION: As severe complication of appendicitis as effusive pericarditis is a rare phenomenon. Taking into consideration open access data in a 50-year period we perceived three pediatric cases with pericarditis as a complication of appendicitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a 15-year-old boy...

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Autores principales: Wójcik, Agnieszka, Skorek, Paweł, Palczewska, Dorota, Weryński, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7560630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33039784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.09.130
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: As severe complication of appendicitis as effusive pericarditis is a rare phenomenon. Taking into consideration open access data in a 50-year period we perceived three pediatric cases with pericarditis as a complication of appendicitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a 15-year-old boy who presented cardiac tamponade, bilateral pleural effusions, liver enlargement and ascites as a presentation of atypical appendicitis. DISCUSSION: Even nowadays appendicitis could be difficult to diagnose in children. A delayed diagnosis could be responsible for severe morbidity and mortality. CONCLUSION: This report is aimed to be a reminder of serious life-threatening complications after a common abdomen condition – appendicitis.

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