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A Case of Endoscopic Removal of a Giant Appendicolith Combined with Stump Appendicitis
- Source :
- Clinical Endoscopy
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2014.
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Abstract
- Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the residual appendix and is a rare complication after appendectomy. The physician should be aware of the possibility of stump appendicitis in patients with right lower abdominal pain after appendectomy so that delayed diagnosis and treatment can be prevented. Stump appendicitis is usually treated by surgical resection, and endoscopic treatment has not been reported previously. A 48-year-old man who had undergone appendectomy 35 years earlier presented to the hospital because of right lower quadrant discomfort. A computed tomography scan showed a large stone in the residual appendix. Colonoscopic findings revealed a large, smooth, protruding lesion at the cecum with a stone inside the appendiceal orifice. Endoscopic removal after incision of the appendiceal orifice was performed successfully.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Gastroenterology
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Case Report
Delayed diagnosis
medicine.disease
Endoscopic removal
digestive system
Appendicolith
Appendicitis
Appendix
Surgery
Cecum
surgical procedures, operative
Lower abdominal pain
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
Right lower quadrant
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
In patient
Stump appendicitis
Complication
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22342443 and 22342400
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Endoscopy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....46b015244edb73f1e10b0a795e154b32