title: A serious conundrum for surgeons: Stump appendicitis.
abstract: Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of remnant appendix, a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present as acute abdomen with history of appendectomy, which may cause delay in diagnosis. Therefore, incomplete appendectomy should be considered as a differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in patients with medical history of appendectomy. The present case is one of stump appendicitis 6 months after appendectomy. Stump appendectomy was performed and the patient was discharged 7 days after the operation without any complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Evliya Celebi Training and Research Hospital, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zulfu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bayhan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sezgin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeren
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bercis Imge
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Ucar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Dumlupınar University, Kutahya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse Nur
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Deger
keywords: Acute abdomen; delayed surgery; stump appendicitis