title: Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to an inflamed appendix wrapping around the last loop of ileum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assenza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bartolucci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Modini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*