Appendico-cutaneous fistula in cystic fibrosis.
Appendico-cutaneous fistulae are rare. We describe a 12-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) and a chronically draining sinus in the right iliac fossa, found to be a primary appendico-cutaneous fistula. Misdiagnosis of right iliac fossa pain in patients with CF and the preponderance of complicated disease frequently lead to manifestations of appendicitis rarely seen in usual clinical practice.
Rogers
Tim N
TN
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Joseph
Craig
C
Bowley
Douglas M G
DM
Pitcher
Graeme J
GJ
D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome