Stump appendicitis

'Stump appendicitis': postappendectomy appendicitis.

To cite: Zachariah SK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208544 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting of 3 days duration. She had undergone laparotomy for appendicular perforation 25 years earlier. She had recurrent episodes of abdominal pain for the past 5 years and was being treated as a case of adhesi...

Stump appendicitis. Underrated reality?

Stump Appendicitis: A Surgeon's Dilemma

BACKGROUND Stump appendicitis is defined by the recurrent inflammation of the residual appendix after the appendix has been only partially removed during an appendectomy for appendicitis. Forty-eight cases of stump appendicitis were identified in the English literature. DATABASE The institutional CPT codes were evaluated for multiple hits of the appendectomy code, yielding a total of 3 patien...

A serious conundrum for surgeons: Stump appendicitis

Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of remnant appendix, a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present as acute abdomen with history of appendectomy, which may cause delay in diagnosis. Therefore, incomplete appendectomy should be considered as a differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in patients with medical history of appendectomy. The present case is one of stump ap...

Stump Appendicitis Seven Years after Appendectomy

A 15-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and a surgical history of videoassisted transumbilical appendectomy for a gangrenous appendicitis 7 years back. The small stump was closed without purse-string suture. The postoperative period was complicated by an intraperitoneal abscess treated with antibiotics. Later on he experienced multiple episodes (thrice a year) of self...