A large radiopaque appendicolith in an 8-year-old child

Appendicoliths are one of the most common causes of acute appendicitis. However, giant radiopaque appendicoliths are rare, especially in paediatric age group. We report a case of acute appendicitis in an 8-year-old boy due to a large 2-cm radiopaque appendicolith treated successfully by laparoscopic...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Rahul, Pokharia, Pradip, Varshney, Rahul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Unusual Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31997785
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_229_19
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description Appendicoliths are one of the most common causes of acute appendicitis. However, giant radiopaque appendicoliths are rare, especially in paediatric age group. We report a case of acute appendicitis in an 8-year-old boy due to a large 2-cm radiopaque appendicolith treated successfully by laparoscopic appendectomy.
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spelling pubmed-75978922020-11-03 A large radiopaque appendicolith in an 8-year-old child Gupta, Rahul Pokharia, Pradip Varshney, Rahul J Minim Access Surg Unusual Case Appendicoliths are one of the most common causes of acute appendicitis. However, giant radiopaque appendicoliths are rare, especially in paediatric age group. We report a case of acute appendicitis in an 8-year-old boy due to a large 2-cm radiopaque appendicolith treated successfully by laparoscopic appendectomy. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7597892/ /pubmed/31997785 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_229_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Minimal Access Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597892/
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