ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2017
Complicated acute appendicitis presenting as an abscess in the abdominal wall in an elderly patient: A case report.
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- Association Between Age and Severity of Acute Appendicitis in Adults.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Uncommon Presentation of Perforated Appendicitis: Abdominal Wall Abscess and Fistula Formation.The American journal of case reports · 2025Article
- Atypical Presentation and Diagnostic Challenges of Appendicitis in an 85-Year-Old Male: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Aseptic abscess in the abdominal wall accompanied by monoclonal gammopathy simulating the local recurrence of rectal cancer: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A case of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma which presented as painless purulent umbilical discharge.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionAppendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen; however, the classic clinical signs are not often present, and it has unusual presentations. Thus, its diagnosis can be challenging. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We describe the case of an elderly man who presented with right abdominal wall abscess with spontaneous drainage in the emergency department. Since we suspected a subjacent abdominal pathology, we performed surgery, and intraoperatively, we observed that the Appendix tip had invaded the abdominal wall. DISCUSSION: This patient had a challenging diagnostic process and surgical visualization of the appendicular tip invading the abdominal wall was an important characteristic in proving the cause of the abdominal wall abscess.
conclusionThe onset of an abdominal wall abscess without a known cause needs to be thoroughly investigated, with consideration of a subjacent abdominal cause and appendicitis necessitatis.
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