Inverted appendix mistaken for a polyp during colonoscopy and leading to intussusception.
A spectrum of appendiceal diseases, ranging from simple mucous distension to acute perforated appendicitis, are seen in patients with CF. We report a 6 year old boy with CF and recurrent periumbilical pain. During colonoscopy, a fleshy pedunculated mass at the junction of the ascending colon and caecum was mistaken for a polyp and excised. However, histopathological examination suggested it was a segment of inverted appendix. The remnant of the inverted appendix was subsequently found to be associated with an intussusception.
Ram
Ashok D
AD
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals, UK.
Peckham
Clare
C
Akobeng
Anthony K
AK
Thomas
Adrian G
AG
David
Timothy J
TJ
Patel
Leena
L
D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D001065:Appendix / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male