title: Appendicular bleeding: an excepcional cause of lower hemorrhage.
abstract: Chronic complications of acute appendicitis managed in a conservative manner are not frequent. We present a case of acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a young patient with a previous acute appendicitis without surgical intervention. The colonoscopy detected an appendicular bleeding which was surgically treated. The anatomopathological diagnosis was granulomatous appendicitis. The clinical evolution of the patient was favorable without bleeding recurrence. Appendicular hemorrhage can be an unusual complication-however potentially severe-of acute appendicitis not treated surgically.
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magaz Martínez
authors.affiliation: Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín López
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De la Revilla Negro
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González Partida
authors.affiliation: Radiología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Las Heras
authors.affiliation: Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: María Rosario
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sánchez Yuste
authors.affiliation: Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ríos Garcés
authors.affiliation: Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salas Antón
authors.affiliation: Ap. Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, España.
authors.forename: Luis Esteban
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Abreu García
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult