title: Stump appendicitis. A diagnostic trap.
abstract: Stump appendicitis is an underestimated condition and a diagnostic trap that few surgeons think about when faced against localized pain in the lower-right abdomen. Misdiagnosis and therefore delay of the appropriate treatment results in increased morbidity. We report the case of a patient who presented a 7-day history of right iliac fossa abdominal pain. She had undergone open appendectomy in childhood. Stump appendicitis was not diagnosed immediately despite imaging (CT and MRI) and exploratory laparoscopy. In conclusion, surgeons and gastroenterologists need a heightened awareness of the possibility of stump appendicitis.
authors: Department of General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
authors: Renato M
authors: RM
authors: Lupinacci
authors: Department of General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
authors: Cécile
authors: C
authors: Bouchet-Doumenq
authors: Department of General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
authors: Harika
authors: H
authors: Salepcioglu
authors: Department of Radiology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Egels
authors: Department of General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France.
authors: Fabrice
authors: F
authors: Menegaux
authors: Department of General, Visceral and Endocrine Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France. Electronic address: christophe.tresallet@psl.aphp.fr.
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Trésallet
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology