title: Laparoscopic Surgery for Acute Appendicitis  in Children With Cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Abdominal pain during cancer chemotherapy may be caused by medical or surgical conditions. A retrospective review of 5 children with cancer who had appendicitis while receiving chemotherapy was performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three had acute lymphoblastic leukemia,and 1 each had T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. Two of the patients had a Pediatric Appendectomy Score of 6, and 1 each had a score of 7, 5, and 2. All had evidence of appendicitis on computed tomography. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed without any perioperative complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appendicitis is an important diagnosis in children with cancer, and laparoscopic appendectomy is safe and the procedure of choice.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stringel
authors.forename: Mehmet Fevzi
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ozkaynak
authors.forename: Whitney
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandya
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandoval
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed