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An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain and it generally affects young males in the second or third decade of their life. Due to its often insidious presentations, the diagnosis is challenging and, if delayed, can lead to life-threatening complications. This...

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Autores principales: Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga, Parmeggiani, Anna, Casavola, Mario, Leonardo, Stefano, Golfieri, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8008465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33841902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200125
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author Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga
Parmeggiani, Anna
Casavola, Mario
Leonardo, Stefano
Golfieri, Rita
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description Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain and it generally affects young males in the second or third decade of their life. Due to its often insidious presentations, the diagnosis is challenging and, if delayed, can lead to life-threatening complications. This report describes a rare case of an almost asymptomatic complicated appendicitis caused by an appendicolith followed by spontaneous detachment of the vermiform appendix and its complete colliquative necrosis with abscess formation. Thus far this is the first case of spontaneous appendix avulsion in an adult where the appendix is entirely colliquated into an abscess.
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spelling pubmed-80084652021-04-09 An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga Parmeggiani, Anna Casavola, Mario Leonardo, Stefano Golfieri, Rita BJR Case Rep Case Report Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain and it generally affects young males in the second or third decade of their life. Due to its often insidious presentations, the diagnosis is challenging and, if delayed, can lead to life-threatening complications. This report describes a rare case of an almost asymptomatic complicated appendicitis caused by an appendicolith followed by spontaneous detachment of the vermiform appendix and its complete colliquative necrosis with abscess formation. Thus far this is the first case of spontaneous appendix avulsion in an adult where the appendix is entirely colliquated into an abscess. The British Institute of Radiology. 2020-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8008465/ /pubmed/33841902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200125 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga
Parmeggiani, Anna
Casavola, Mario
Leonardo, Stefano
Golfieri, Rita
An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title_full An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title_fullStr An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title_full_unstemmed An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title_short An asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
title_sort asymptomatic detachment of the appendix evolved to giant abscess and complete colliquative necrosis: pivotal role of computed tomography in patient management
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8008465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33841902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200125
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