Stump appendicitis, rare complication after appendectomy: report of a case.
Appendectomy is one of the most common procedures in surgical practice. Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the residual part of the appendix and a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present clinically as acute abdomen. We report a case of stump appendicitis 12 years after open appendectomy. After the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, the patient was operated and discharged from the hospital four days after operation without any complications. Stump appendicitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen and should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis.
Menteş
Oner
O
Department of General Surgery, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. onermentes@yahoo.com
Zeybek
Nazif
N
Oysul
Asli
A
Onder
Sevgen Celik
SC
Tufan
Turgut
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome