title: Acute periappendicitis after an elective section.
abstract: The diagnosis periappendicitis is well known. The causes to periappendicitis are manifold. In the literature, we have not yet found a case, where periappendicitis developed because amnion fluid passed to the peritoneum during an elective section. We present a case, where a patient, 5 days after an elective section, developed the symptoms of appendicitis. The pathologic diagnosis is periappendicitis, presumably developed because of the amnion fluid.
authors.affiliation: Skive Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Pathology, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borup
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012086:Reoperation