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A Case of Recurrent Appendicitis
He gave the following history of his illness :? During the last six months he had had repeated attacks of ' colicky pain' in the abdomen not confined to any particular area, vomiting and constipation, each attack lasting for about a week or so. The present troubles began six weeks ago with the initial symptons of vomiting, constipation and abdominal pain, of an indefinite character, at first be...
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Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain caused by inflammation of an epiploic appendage. It has a nonspecific clinical presentation that may mimic other acute abdominal pathologies on physical exam, such as appendicitis, diverticulitis, or cholecystitis. However, EA is usually benign and self-limiting and can be treated conservatively. We present the case of a patient...
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BACKGROUND Chronic appendicitis may be the cause of recurrent abdominal pain. This hypothesis is the subject of controversy. The aim is to clarify the possible existence of a chronic inflammation of the appendix by a clinical and histopathologic study. METHODS The case history and the preoperative symptoms and serum findings of 269 patients with appendectomy have been studied. All the appendi...
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INTRODUCTION Residual appendicitis involving the stump of the appendix has been well described in the literature in the past. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 43 year old male with acute onset of abdominal pain who had undergone an appendicectomy ten years previously. Ultrasound revealed the presence of an inflamed tubular structure. Subsequent laparotomy and histology confirmed that this ...
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sometimes by diarrhoea (4 or 5 motions daily). He describes the pain as being of a griping character, but remembers nothing else about it. He had no other symptoms during those years. Six years ago he had a more severe attack lasting 15 days. He was then free until four years ago when he had another severe attack; the pain was localised in the umbilical region and was accompanied by vomiting, r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1890
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)19486-4