Acute appendicitis after a blunt perineal trauma: an illustrative case.
Acute appendicitis after abdominal trauma, although rare, has been described in the past. We herein report, for the first time, a case of acute appendicitis after a blunt trauma to the perineum in a boy. Clinicians taking care of children with injuries to the abdomen or perineal area should be aware of the possibility that they can develop posttraumatic acute appendicitis.
Amir
Achiya
A
Unit of Emergency Medicine, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Amir
Lisa
L
Waisman
Yehezkel
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis