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Case Report
Concurrent presentation of unrelated perforated appendicitis and high-grade small bowel obstruction: A case report
1 Department of Surgery, Swedish Medical Center, 501 E. Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113, USA
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Article ID: 100141Z12SG2024
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Greenseid S, Moody A, Quan G. Concurrent presentation of unrelated perforated appendicitis and high-grade small bowel obstruction: A case report. J Case Rep Images Surg 2024;10(2):10–13.ABSTRACT
Small bowel obstruction and acute perforated appendicitis are common surgical problems independently. At times, acute appendicitis may present with small bowel obstruction due to the localized inflammatory process. This results in mechanical small bowel obstruction usually near the terminal ileum. However, it is extremely rare to have both abdominal processes occurring simultaneously, but not related to one another. In this study, we present a case of a healthy 62-year-old female patient who had concurrent high-grade small bowel obstruction due to a chronic adhesive band and perforated appendicitis, seemingly completely independent of each other.
Keywords: Perforated appendicitis, Periumbilical pain, Small bowel obstruction
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Samantha Greenseid - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Alexandra Moody - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Glenda Quan - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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