A warning: Don't be stumped by stump appendicitis

Cynthia Schreiner; Charles W. Hartin; Sani Z. Yamout; Doruk E. Ozgediz; Philip L. Glick

doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b54db

A warning: Don't be stumped by stump appendicitis

Cynthia Schreiner
, Charles W. Hartin
, Sani Z. Yamout
, Doruk E. Ozgediz
, Philip L. Glick

Surgery

University at Buffalo

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Abstract

When an emergency medicine physician evaluates a child with abdominal pain and a history of appendectomy, appendicitis is often excluded from the differential. We present a case of a 16-year-old boy who developed stump appendicitis 3 years after laparoscopic appendectomy. Knowledge of this rare phenomenon in children can lead to timely diagnosis and avoid the significant additional morbidity associated with perforation of the stump.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-77
Number of pages	2
Journal	Pediatric Emergency Care
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b54db
State	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

acute appendicitis
appendectomy
complication
laparoscopy
stump appendicitis

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