Cargando…
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...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
The British Institute of Radiology.
2020
|
Materias: | |
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 |
_version_ | 1783672701246767104 |
---|---|
author | Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga Parmeggiani, Anna Casavola, Mario Leonardo, Stefano Golfieri, Rita |
author_facet | Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga Parmeggiani, Anna Casavola, Mario Leonardo, Stefano Golfieri, Rita |
author_sort | Di Vincenzo, Anna Olga |
collection | PubMed |
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. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8008465 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | The British Institute of Radiology. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
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 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT divincenzoannaolga anasymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT parmeggianianna anasymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT casavolamario anasymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT leonardostefano anasymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT golfieririta anasymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT divincenzoannaolga asymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT parmeggianianna asymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT casavolamario asymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT leonardostefano asymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement AT golfieririta asymptomaticdetachmentoftheappendixevolvedtogiantabscessandcompletecolliquativenecrosispivotalroleofcomputedtomographyinpatientmanagement |