A rare complication of appendicitis: appendiculorenal sinus with renal cellulitis.
This report describes a rare complication of appendicitis, renal cellulitis, which led to a diagnostic dilemma in a 2-year-old girl who presented with fever of long duration.
Mammen
Abraham
A
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Govindapuram, Calicut, Kerala, 673016, India. abraham_mammen@hotmail.com
Ponnambathayil
Shaji
S
Varma
K Karthikeya
KK
Kumar
E K Suresh
EK
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology*