Appendicitis as an unusual cause of progressive sigmoid narrowing.
Although the presentation of appendicitis is usually straight-forward, unusual manifestations can delay diagnosis. To emphasize this, we describe a patient who developed progressive sigmoid narrowing with only nonspecific abdominal complaints over a period of months. Eventually, we came upon a pelvic abscess from a ruptured appendix. Clinicians must be ever vigilant for appendicitis and its complications.
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*