Misdiagnosis of appendicitis in tubally sterilized women.
Sterilization by tubal occlusive methods has a small but definite incidence of failure which is not well recognized among general surgeons. As a result of the failure to appreciate the possibility of ectopic pregnancy after tubal ligation, right-sided abdominal pain in this patient population is commonly misdiagnosed as appendicitis. One such case is presented, and the literature is reviewed and discussed.
Nguyen
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Department of Surgery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal