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Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report
Chronic appendicitis is a rare condition involving appendiceal inflammation as these conditions typically present acutely and are treated with appendectomy. However, in a small minority of patients, appendicitis can have a mild presentation and become recurrent or chronic appendicitis. Due to the ac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934581 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19718 |
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author | Lee, Charles K Pelenyi, Stephanie S Fleites, Orlando Velez, Veronica Alaimo, Kayla L Ramcharan, Darren N Tiesenga, Frederick |
author_facet | Lee, Charles K Pelenyi, Stephanie S Fleites, Orlando Velez, Veronica Alaimo, Kayla L Ramcharan, Darren N Tiesenga, Frederick |
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description | Chronic appendicitis is a rare condition involving appendiceal inflammation as these conditions typically present acutely and are treated with appendectomy. However, in a small minority of patients, appendicitis can have a mild presentation and become recurrent or chronic appendicitis. Due to the acute nature and immediate treatment of patients presenting with typical symptoms of appendicitis, chronic appendicitis has been often overlooked and/or misdiagnosed. We present a case in which a 50-year-old male presented with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain of one-month duration. Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed evidence of lymph node enlargement near the patient’s appendix, raising suspicion of chronic appendicitis. The patient underwent a successful laparoscopic appendectomy. |
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spelling | pubmed-86844442021-12-20 Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report Lee, Charles K Pelenyi, Stephanie S Fleites, Orlando Velez, Veronica Alaimo, Kayla L Ramcharan, Darren N Tiesenga, Frederick Cureus Gastroenterology Chronic appendicitis is a rare condition involving appendiceal inflammation as these conditions typically present acutely and are treated with appendectomy. However, in a small minority of patients, appendicitis can have a mild presentation and become recurrent or chronic appendicitis. Due to the acute nature and immediate treatment of patients presenting with typical symptoms of appendicitis, chronic appendicitis has been often overlooked and/or misdiagnosed. We present a case in which a 50-year-old male presented with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain of one-month duration. Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed evidence of lymph node enlargement near the patient’s appendix, raising suspicion of chronic appendicitis. The patient underwent a successful laparoscopic appendectomy. Cureus 2021-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8684444/ /pubmed/34934581 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19718 Text en Copyright © 2021, Lee et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Gastroenterology Lee, Charles K Pelenyi, Stephanie S Fleites, Orlando Velez, Veronica Alaimo, Kayla L Ramcharan, Darren N Tiesenga, Frederick Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title | Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title_full | Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title_short | Chronic Appendicitis, the Lesser-Known Form of Appendiceal Inflammation: A Case Report |
title_sort | chronic appendicitis, the lesser-known form of appendiceal inflammation: a case report |
topic | Gastroenterology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934581 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19718 |
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