title: Urologic complications of appendicitis.
abstract: Three patients with appendicitis were seen with bladder tumor, hematuria, and pelvic mass with ureteral obstruction, respectively. These cases represent a spectrum of difficult diagnostic problems and illustrate that appendiceal abscess involving the urinary tract may present as urologic disease. Thus, it is important to consider appendicitis in the differential diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001065:Appendix; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*