title: Acute appendicitis due to appendiceal obstruction from a migrated biliary stent.
abstract: Endoscopic plastic biliary stenting is a common procedure in the management of benign biliary pathology. Complications from biliary stenting are rare, with stent occlusion being the most common. Another late complication of long-term biliary stenting is stent migration, which occasionally can result in bowel perforation and obstruction. We report an extremely unusual complication of acute appendicitis due to appendiceal orifice obstruction from a migrated biliary stent. The condition was suspected from the history in association with the radiological findings and was successfully treated nonoperatively with endoscopic stent removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tzovaras
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liakou
authors.forename: Evaghelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Makryiannis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paroutoglou
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000628:therapy; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics