Posttraumatic appendicitis; Is it true or rumor?

Year 2015, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 67 - 69, 01.01.2015

Ayşegül Altunkaş Tuğba İlkem Özçağlayan Ahmet Orhan Çelik Ahmet Sümbül

https://doi.org/10.5505/abantmedj.2015.05025

Abstract

Several cases of appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma have been reported in the literature. Whether there is a causative relationship between these two entities has long been a subject of debate. In the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, a well-received history and a good physical examination is very important. However, history and physical examination findings on cases of after blunt abdominal trauma may be misleading. Therefore, in these cases the symptoms associated with trauma may delay the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. We report a case of posttraumatic appendicitis and discuss possible pathogenetic mechanisms.

Keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma, appendectomy, appendicitis

Posttravmatik apandisit; gerçek mi söylenti mi?

Abstract

Literatürde travma sonrası tanımlanmış, akut apandisit vakaları mevcuttur. Bununla birlikte travmanın akut apandisitin nedenlerinden biri olup olmadığı hala tartışma konusudur. Akut apandisit tanısında, iyi alınan bir anamnez ile yapılacak dikkatli ve iyi bir fizik muayene oldukça önemlidir. Ancak posttravmatik bir olguda anamnez ve fizik muayene bulguları yanıltıcı olabilmektedir. Bu nedenle bu olgularda semptomların travma ile ilişkilendirilmesi akut apandisit tanısını geciktirebilir. Biz künt batın travması sonrası akut apandisit tanısı konulan bir olguyu ve olası patolojik mekanizmalarını sunmayı amaçladık.

Keywords

Künt abdominal travma, apandektomi, apandisit

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