Year 2022 / Volume 114 / Number 6
Letter
Uncommon causes of acute appendicitis: foreign bodies in the cecal appendix

361-362

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8625/2022

Jose María Rodríguez Lucas, Antonio José Fernández López, Francisco Miguel González Valverde, María Encarnación Tamayo Rodríguez, Antonio Albarracín Marín-Blázquez,

Abstract
A 50-year-old woman with a history of hysterectomy for endometrial cancer in 2015 visited because of abdominal pain for 1 week and fever simultaneous with her third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Physical examination revealed a mobile mass in the right iliac fossa, and laboratory testing showed C-reactive protein at 3 mg/dL, with no further changes. Ultrasound results were consistent with an appendiceal inflammatory mass, and a CT scan revealed an appendicolith as likely cause. The patient was subjected to laparoscopy, which found inside the mass a metallic piece (dental prosthesis) that perforated the appendiceal lumen at the mid portion of the appendix. Appendectomy was completed and the patient was discharged on the third day post-procedure.
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Rodríguez Lucas J, Fernández López A, González Valverde F, Tamayo Rodríguez M, Albarracín Marín-Blázquez A. Uncommon causes of acute appendicitis: foreign bodies in the cecal appendix. 8625/2022


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Publication history

Received: 20/01/2022

Accepted: 24/01/2022

Online First: 31/01/2022

Published: 07/06/2022

Article Online First time: 11 days

Article editing time: 138 days


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