Infantile Appendicitis: A Deceptive Challenge with Disastrous Consequences

Acute appendicitis (AA) in neonates and infants is an infrequent event. In day-to-day practice, death due to AA is hardly ever reported to a coroner or a medical examiner. Here, we report on an 8-month-old infant assigned to the medical examiner as the death occurred within 10 days of a surgical pro...

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Main Authors: Thambirajah Balachandra, Amal N. Vadysinghe, Consolato M. Sergi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2022-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/524191