title: Sickle cell crisis and the acute abdomen.
abstract: Abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms in sickle cell crisis, and its cause remains controversial. Simple vaso-occlusive crisis may be an explanation. The abdominal pain may also reflect an acute surgical abdomen.A patient presented with sickle cell crisis and abdominal pain; he had a periappendiceal abscess at the site of an appendiceal stump five months after appendectomy. The role of sickle cell anemia in the pathogenesis of this abscess is uncertain.
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology