Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2012
Introduction: Abdominal pain is the primary presenting complaint of patients with acute appendicitis. Acute appendicitis presenting as chest pain is extremely rare and according to our search such presentation due to herniation of appendix into thorax through congenital diaphragmatic defect has not yet been reported.
Presentation Of Case: We present a case of a 12year old male child who presented with acute chest pain.