title: Acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump.
abstract: We report a case of a 27-year-old man, status post open appendectomy as an infant, in whom the diagnosis of acute appendicitis of the appendiceal stump was made by computed tomography (CT). A coronal reformatted CT image demonstrated both the inflamed appendix and a normal terminal ileum. Although rare, stump appendicitis may present with signs and symptoms typical of acute appendicitis in patients status post appendectomy and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Miriam T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Aschkenasy
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rybicki
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed