title: Granulomatous appendicitis as an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. Description of a case.
abstract: Granulomatous appendicitis is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen. Its etiology can be infectious in nature, noninfectious or idiopathic. We present the case of a patient of whom we got to know about due to an urgent colonoscopy. At the cecum, the appendicular fold was thickened and the mucosa had erythema and nodularity. The diagnosis is made by pathology, as in the majority of cases in this entity. The surgical treatment is curative.
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Concha (Zamora), España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López Ramos
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Concha (Zamora), España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuentes Coronel
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Concha (Zamora), España.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Gómez
authors.affiliation: Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinto Blázquez
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed