title: Appendiceal knotting causing small bowel strangulation.
abstract: Small bowel obstruction is a common cause of an emergency admission in the surgical wards. Acute appendicitis presenting with small bowel obstruction due to appendiceal knotting is a very rare and unsuspected condition in an emergency scenario. We report a case of acute small bowel obstruction in a 26-year-old male who, on exploration was found to have small bowel strangulation due to appendiceal knotting. Though rare, the possibilities of such a diagnosis should be kept in mind in patients with small bowel obstruction with no known identifiable etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Suvashis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sahana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Shibajyoti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
keywords: Appendiceal knotting; appendicitis; strangulation