Arteritis in the appendix: an unusual cause of right iliac fossa pain.
Many conditions can cause or mimic appendicitis, of which necrotising arteritis remains an unusual cause. Its significance stems from its association with the vasculitides in general. We describe here a 15-year-old-girl with an incidental finding of a focal arteritis in the vasculature of the appendix and with right iliac fossa pain. There was no evidence of suppurative inflammation of the appendix, and she made a good recovery following laparoscopic appendicectomy.
Department of Surgery, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK. donaldosaru@hotmail.com
Donald T
DT
Osarumwense
Ravi
R
Pararajasingam
Laxminarayan D
LD
Gudur
Stuart R
SR
Walker
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D001065:Appendix / Q000098:blood supply*; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings