Spontaneous vaginal drainage of a pelvic abscess: an unusual presentation of perforated appendicitis.
We report a child with the unusual presentation of spontaneous vaginal drainage of a pelvic abscess after nonoperative management of perforated appendicitis. Although drainage through the rectum has been previously described, this is the first report of spontaneous transvaginal drainage of a pelvic abscess from appendicitis in a child.
Yeh
Dante
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Moyles
Kyle
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Ekwenna
Obi
O
Thompson
William R
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Neville
Holly L
HL
Sola
Juan E
JE
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000209:etiology*