Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical conditions that are diagnosed in children presenting with acute abdominal pain in the emergency department. An atypical presentation of symptoms is encountered in 30% of cases. Atypical localization of the appendix as in left sided appendicitis...
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| author | Christos Kaselas Ioannis Spyridakis Dimitrios Patoulias Paschalis Tsioulas Ioannis Patoulias |
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| description | Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical conditions that are diagnosed in children presenting with acute abdominal
pain in the emergency department. An atypical presentation of symptoms is encountered in 30% of cases. Atypical localization of the
appendix as in left sided appendicitis, although rare, has an increased risk of missed or delayed diagnosis. We present two consecutive
cases of left sided appendicitis in order to describe how increased awareness in the second case helped us to avoid pitfalls in the
management and diagnosis of this atypical and variant condition. Increased cautiousness and awareness of left sided appendicitis can
assist emergency physicians to avoid pitfalls in the management and diagnosis of this atypical and variant condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cff9a4cc0c314ce8a5cba2f61379fb392022-12-21T21:17:23ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-02-01102PD07PD0910.7860/JCDR/2016/16739.7210Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice ShyChristos Kaselas0Ioannis Spyridakis1Dimitrios Patoulias2Paschalis Tsioulas3Ioannis Patoulias4Pediatric Surgeon, 1st Pediatric Surgery Department, “Aristotle” University Medical School, “G. Gennimatas” General and University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.Pediatric Surgeon, 1st Pediatric Surgery Department, “Aristotle” University Medical School, “G. Gennimatas” General and University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.Medical Student, 1st Pediatric Surgery Department, “Aristotle” University Medical School, “G. Gennimatas” General and University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.Resident in training, 1st Pediatric Surgery Department, “Aristotle” University Medical School, “G. Gennimatas” General and University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.Pediatric Surgeon, 1st Pediatric Surgery Department, “Aristotle” University Medical School, “G. Gennimatas” General and University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical conditions that are diagnosed in children presenting with acute abdominal pain in the emergency department. An atypical presentation of symptoms is encountered in 30% of cases. Atypical localization of the appendix as in left sided appendicitis, although rare, has an increased risk of missed or delayed diagnosis. We present two consecutive cases of left sided appendicitis in order to describe how increased awareness in the second case helped us to avoid pitfalls in the management and diagnosis of this atypical and variant condition. Increased cautiousness and awareness of left sided appendicitis can assist emergency physicians to avoid pitfalls in the management and diagnosis of this atypical and variant condition.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7210/16739_CE[Ra1]_F(AK)_PF1(VIAK)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfappendectomyabdominal painmisdiagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Christos Kaselas Ioannis Spyridakis Dimitrios Patoulias Paschalis Tsioulas Ioannis Patoulias Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research appendectomy abdominal pain misdiagnosis |
| title | Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy |
| title_full | Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy |
| title_fullStr | Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy |
| title_short | Left Sided Appendicitis: Once Burned Twice Shy |
| title_sort | left sided appendicitis once burned twice shy |
| topic | appendectomy abdominal pain misdiagnosis |
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