Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report

Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is a known surgical emergency. It is rare for port site hernia to contain incarcerated inflamed appendix. Case presentation: We describe a distinctive case of incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acute appendicitis was...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tamir A. Hassan, Hazem Shalaby, Ayman Eskander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Acute appendicitis
Incarcerated
Port site hernia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X15000765
id doaj-23c58bdf8aaa4dcc8b0c784abdea4e5a
record_format Article
spelling doaj-23c58bdf8aaa4dcc8b0c784abdea4e5a2020-11-25T02:35:55ZengSpringerOpenThe Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine0378-603X2015-09-0146356957110.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.04.007Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case reportTamir A. Hassan0Hazem Shalaby1Ayman Eskander2Zagazig University, EgyptSFHM Hospital, Saudi ArabiaUm Al-QuraUniversity, Saudi ArabiaIntroduction: Acute appendicitis is a known surgical emergency. It is rare for port site hernia to contain incarcerated inflamed appendix. Case presentation: We describe a distinctive case of incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acute appendicitis was pre-operatively CT diagnosed and appendectomy was performed followed by primary repair of the hernia defect. Awareness of atypical presentation and possible complications may raise the clinical suspicion index to ask for early CT.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X15000765Acute appendicitisIncarceratedPort site hernia
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Tamir A. Hassan
Hazem Shalaby
Ayman Eskander
spellingShingle Tamir A. Hassan
Hazem Shalaby
Ayman Eskander
Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Acute appendicitis
Incarcerated
Port site hernia
author_facet Tamir A. Hassan
Hazem Shalaby
Ayman Eskander
author_sort Tamir A. Hassan
title Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
title_short Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
title_full Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
title_fullStr Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: A rare case report
title_sort incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia: a rare case report
publisher SpringerOpen
series The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
issn 0378-603X
publishDate 2015-09-01
description Introduction: Acute appendicitis is a known surgical emergency. It is rare for port site hernia to contain incarcerated inflamed appendix. Case presentation: We describe a distinctive case of incarcerated appendicitis in port-site hernia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acute appendicitis was pre-operatively CT diagnosed and appendectomy was performed followed by primary repair of the hernia defect. Awareness of atypical presentation and possible complications may raise the clinical suspicion index to ask for early CT.
topic Acute appendicitis
Incarcerated
Port site hernia
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X15000765
work_keys_str_mv AT tamirahassan incarceratedappendicitisinportsiteherniaararecasereport
AT hazemshalaby incarceratedappendicitisinportsiteherniaararecasereport
AT aymaneskander incarceratedappendicitisinportsiteherniaararecasereport
_version_ 1724802588850782208

Similar Items