Amebic appendicitis: a case report

Changing the paradigm of treatment of acute appendicitis to non-operative management can miss unusual etiologies that can only be diagnosed on pathologic analysis. Presented is a case of amebic appendicitis in which antibiotic management was dictated by post-operative pathology findings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Malik, Shilpa, Jagtiani, Tina, Cenaj, Odise, Rakhlin, Aleksandr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36685124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac551
_version_ 1784872451862167552
author Malik, Shilpa
Jagtiani, Tina
Cenaj, Odise
Rakhlin, Aleksandr
author_facet Malik, Shilpa
Jagtiani, Tina
Cenaj, Odise
Rakhlin, Aleksandr
author_sort Malik, Shilpa
collection PubMed
description Changing the paradigm of treatment of acute appendicitis to non-operative management can miss unusual etiologies that can only be diagnosed on pathologic analysis. Presented is a case of amebic appendicitis in which antibiotic management was dictated by post-operative pathology findings.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9851654
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Oxford University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-98516542023-01-20 Amebic appendicitis: a case report Malik, Shilpa Jagtiani, Tina Cenaj, Odise Rakhlin, Aleksandr J Surg Case Rep Case Report Changing the paradigm of treatment of acute appendicitis to non-operative management can miss unusual etiologies that can only be diagnosed on pathologic analysis. Presented is a case of amebic appendicitis in which antibiotic management was dictated by post-operative pathology findings. Oxford University Press 2023-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9851654/ /pubmed/36685124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac551 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle Case Report
Malik, Shilpa
Jagtiani, Tina
Cenaj, Odise
Rakhlin, Aleksandr
Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title_full Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title_fullStr Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title_short Amebic appendicitis: a case report
title_sort amebic appendicitis: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36685124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac551
work_keys_str_mv AT malikshilpa amebicappendicitisacasereport
AT jagtianitina amebicappendicitisacasereport
AT cenajodise amebicappendicitisacasereport
AT rakhlinaleksandr amebicappendicitisacasereport

Ejemplares similares