Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to an inflamed appendix wrapping around the last loop of ileum.
Acute apendicitis rarely presents with a clinical picture of mechanical small-bowel obstruction. The Authors report a case of this inusual clinical occurrence, arised like a complication of a common disease, characterized by a chronically inflamed appendix (mucocele) wrapping around the last loop of ileum that produced volvolus and strangulation. The few similar cases reported in the literature are moreover reviewed.
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Policlinico Umberto I, Dipartimento di Emergenza ed Accettazione, Servizio di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Pronto Soccorso e Trauma A, Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma.
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D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*