title: Spontaneous vaginal drainage of a pelvic abscess: an unusual presentation of perforated appendicitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Dante
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moyles
authors.forename: Obi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekwenna
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Holly L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sola
mesh_terms: 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*