title: A warning:  don't be stumped by stump appendicitis.
abstract: When an emergency medicine physician evaluates a child with abdominal pain and a history of appendectomy, appendicitis is often excluded from the differential. We present a case of a 16-year-old boy who developed stump appendicitis 3 years after laparoscopic appendectomy. Knowledge of this rare phenomenon in children can lead to timely diagnosis and avoid the significant additional morbidity associated with perforation of the stump.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hartin
authors.forename: Sani Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Yamout
authors.forename: Doruk E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ozgediz
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery