title: Case Report: Ischaemic appendicitis post mesenteric biopsy.
abstract: A common indication for laparoscopic mesenteric lymph node biopsy is to provide a tissue diagnosis in the absence of palpable peripheral nodes via a minimally invasive approach.  There are no reports to date of ischaemia to the appendix as a complication of this procedure.   We report the case of a 34-year-old lady who underwent a mesenteric biopsy for a lesion found incidentally on CT to investigate longstanding abdominal pain, and 2 days later required an appendicectomy for ischaemic appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD, UK.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zukiwskyj
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD, UK.
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD, UK.
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desai
keywords: Carcinoma; Ischaemic appendicitis; biopsy; mesenteric lymph node