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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

Appendicitis after colonoscopy-a case report, literature review, and synopsis of the pitfalls in diagnosis.

Austin Milton, Bradley Cox, Michael Charles, Zhamak Khorgami

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Austin MiltonSurgery Department, University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74135, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2177-0714
Bradley CoxSurgery Department, University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74135, United States.
Michael CharlesSurgery Department, University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74135, United States.
Zhamak KhorgamiSurgery Department, University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74135, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case is described in which appendicitis presented in a 73-year-old woman the day after a colonoscopy. Possible mechanisms for appendicitis aggravated by colonoscopy include barotrauma, irritation by residual glutaraldehyde type solution used for cleaning the endoscope, fecalith, and/or appendicolith being pushed into the orifice of the appendix by insufflation during the colonoscopy. This rare complication is likely most often unavoidable due to the pressure required to properly visualize the colon (which typically ranges from 9 to 57 mmHg) and the manipulation required to visualize and cannulate the ileocecal valve. Physicians should consider possibility of acute appendicitis after colonoscopy when evaluating abdominal pain after a recent colonoscopy.

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appendicitisappendicolithbarotraumacolonoscopycomplicationfecalithinsufflation

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PMID38817788
PMCPMC11138108

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