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Cureus
November 2023
Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
Appendicitis is one of the most common conditions encountered in emergency surgical practice. An appendico-cutaneous fistula is a rare complication of appendicitis. An appendico-vaginal fistula is extremely rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDermatol Surg
October 2022
Department of Dermatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Cureus
August 2022
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Sanford Health, Fargo, USA.
Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a rapidly progressive infection of the soft tissues that necessitates early identification and emergent aggressive surgical debridement due to its high mortality. NSTI most often results from the introduction of microbes through breaks in the skin. Unique sources, like appendiceal fistulae, can be etiologies of abdominal wall NSTIs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Case Rep
July 2022
Radiology Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Inguinal hernias containing the appendix are rare, but even more exceptional is the occurrence of complicated appendicitis within the hernial sac with a cutaneous fistula. We report the case of a man in his 50s presenting to the emergency department with a right-sided erythematous and painful inguinal swelling secreting seropurulent material. A perforated appendix within an inguinal hernia complicated by an appendico-cutaneous fistula was diagnosed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Imaging Radiat Sci
June 2022
University of Health Sciences, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Radiology Department, Ankara, TURKEY.
Introduction: Acute appendicitis is a frequent cause of abdominal pain that requires surgical intervention. Rarely complications such as appendico-vesical, appendico-cutaneous, or appendico-uterine fistula formation may occur.
Case And Outcomes: We present a case of an 83-year-old woman who suffered from a very rare complication of acute appendicitis.
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