Journal article
Delayed Presentation of a Retained Fecalith
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 13(6), 15919
25 Jun 2021
PMID: 34336423
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Abstract
A fecalith is a common cause of acute appendicitis, and laparoscopic surgery is the mainstay of its management. Literature review shows that a fecalith may be retained in the gut following a laparoscopic appendectomy in some rare cases. In most cases, the fecalith becomes symptomatic with time due to the formation of an abscess, fistulous tract, or inflammation of the appendicular stump (stump appendicitis). We report a case of retained appendicular fecalith presenting with symptoms similar to acute appendicitis, 15 years after laparoscopic appendectomy.
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- Title
- Delayed Presentation of a Retained Fecalith
- Creators
- Fawwad A Ansari - Shifa International HospitalMuhammad Ibraiz Bilal - Shifa International HospitalMuhammad Umer Riaz Gondal - Shifa International HospitalMehwish Latif - Shifa International HospitalNadeem Iqbal - Shifa International Hospital
- Publication Details
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 13(6), 15919
- Publisher
- Cureus
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000667342800009
- Other Identifier
- 991022193871304721
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