Amebic appendicitis: a case report

Authors :: Shilpa Malik
Tina Jagtiani
Odise Cenaj
Aleksandr Rakhlin
Source :: Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2023
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2023.
Abstract: 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.

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