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Yenidoğan Döneminde Skrotal Şişlikle Bulgu Veren Perfore Apendisit Olgusu

Year 2010, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 183 - 186, 01.06.2010

Abstract

Apendisit, yenidoğan döneminde oldukça nadir görülen cerrahi bir patolojidir. Tanısı sıklıkla gecikir ve çoğunlukla perforasyonla sonuçlanır. Yüksek morbidite ve mortaliteye neden olması nedeniyle dikkat çekmek için perfore apendisitli bir yenidoğan olgusu sunuldu. Onbir günlük erkek hasta kliniğimize yaşamının altıncı günü başlayan safralı kusma ve distansiyon nedeniyle getirildi. Fizik muayenesinde abdominal distansiyon, palpasyonla yaygın hassasiyet, sağ skrotumda şişlik ve hafif hiperemi saptandı. Olgu bağırsak tıkanıklığı ön tanısı ile ameliyat edildi. Ameliyatta apendiksin perfore olduğu gözlendi ve apendektomi yapıldı. Postoperatif yara enfeksiyonu dışında başka bir sorunu olmadı. Olgu sağ inguinal herni gelişimi açısından izleme alındı. Çocukluk çağının en sık rastlanan patolojilerinden biri olan apendisit yenidoğan döneminde nadiren görülür. Kesin tanısı sıklıkla operasyon sırasında konur ve apendiksin çoğunlukla perfore olduğu görülür. Bu nedenle yüksek morbidite ve mortaliteye sahiptir. Olgumuzda açık kalmış olan prosessus vaginalisten karın içi pürülan sıvının sağ testis etrafında birikmesi ile oluşan şişlik, klinik bulgulara neden olmuştur. Sonuç olarak intestinal tıkanma bulguları ile başvuran yenidoğanlarda apendisit tanısı akılda tutulmalıdır.

References

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A CASE OF PERFORATED APPENDICITIS PRESENTING WITH SCROTAL SWELLING IN A NEONATE

Year 2010, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 183 - 186, 01.06.2010

Abstract

Appendicitis is a rarely observed surgical pathology in neonates. Diagnosis is frequently delayed and it usually results in perforation. We presented a case of perforated appendicitis in order to attract attention to this high morbidity and mortality causing pathology.An 11-day old male patient was referred to our clinic with complaints of vomiting with bile content and abdominal distension. On physical examination, abdominal distension, diffuse abdominal sensitivity with palpation, and swelling and mild hyperemia on the right scrotum were observed. The patient was operated with a prediagnosis of intestinal obstruction. During operation, perforated appendix was observed and appendectomy was performed. The patient had no problems postoperatively except wound infection. The patient was followed especially for the occurrence of right inguinal hernia. Although appendicitis is one of the frequent pathologies of childhood, it is rarely observed in neonates. The diagnosis is almost always made operatively and the appendix is usually found as perforated. Therefore, it has high morbidity and mortality rates. In our case, the swelling around right testis, caused by the accumulation of abdominal purulent liquid from an open processus vaginalis, was added to clinical symptoms. As a result, the diagnosis of appendicitis should be kept in mind in neonates presenting with intestinal obstruction symptoms

References

  • Karaman A, Çavuşoğlu YH, Karaman I, Çakmak O. Seven cases of neonatal appendicitis with a review of the English language literature of the last century. Pediatr Surg Int. 2003; 19:707–709.
  • Massad M, Srouji M, Awdeh A, Slim M, Tamer M, Tabbara M. Neonatal appendicitis: case report and revised review of the English literature. Z Kinderchir. 1986; 41:241–243.
  • Buntain WL, Krempe RE, Kraft JW. Neonatal appendicitis. Ala J Med Sci. 1984; 21:295–299.
  • Martins JL, Peterlini FL, Martins EC. Neonatal acute appendicitis: a strangulated appendix in an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Pediatr Surg Int. 2001; 17:644–645.
  • Karaman A, Cavuşoğlu YH, Erdoğan D, Karaman I, Cakmak O. Appendiceal mass in a neonate after surgery for esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula: report of a case. Surg Today. 2005; 35:80-81.
  • Jancelewicz T, Kim G, Miniati D. Neonatal appendicitis: a new look at an old zebra. J Pediatr Surg. 2008; 43:1-5.
  • Snyder WH, Chaffin L.Appendicitis during first two years of life:report on twenty-one cases and review of four hundred cases from literature. Arch Surg.1952; 64:549-560.
  • Walker RH. Appendicitis in the newborn infant. J Pediatr 1957; 51:429- 434.
  • Kwong MS, Dinner M. Neonatal appendicitis masquerading as necrotizing enterocolitis. J Pediatr 1980; 96:917-918.
  • Bax NM, Pearse RG, Dommering N, Molenaar JC. Perforation of the appendix in the neonatal period. J Pediatr Surg 1980;15:200-202
  • van Veenendaal M, Plötz FB, Nikkels PG, Bax NM. Further evidence for an ischemic origin of perforation of the appendix in the neonatal period. J Pediatr Surg 2004; 39:11-12.
  • Arliss J, Holgersen LO. Neonatal appendiceal perforation and Hirschsprung’s disease. J Pediatr Surg 1990; 25:694-695.
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Details

Other ID JA57PS94TF
Journal Section Case Report
Authors

Adnan Narcı This is me

Evrim Özkaraca This is me

Faruk Alpay This is me

Çiğdem Tokyol This is me

Salih Çetinkurşun This is me

Publication Date June 1, 2010
Submission Date June 1, 2010
Published in Issue Year 2010 Volume: 4 Issue: 3

Cite

Vancouver Narcı A, Özkaraca E, Alpay F, Tokyol Ç, Çetinkurşun S. A CASE OF PERFORATED APPENDICITIS PRESENTING WITH SCROTAL SWELLING IN A NEONATE. Türkiye Çocuk Hast Derg. 2010;4(3):183-6.


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