Appendiceal knotting causing small bowel strangulation

• Main Authors: Chandan Chatterjee, Suvashis Dash, Sahana Gupta, Shibajyoti Ghosh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
• Series: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Appendiceal knotting; appendicitis; strangulation
• Online Access: http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2014;volume=19;issue=10;spage=1016;epage=1017;aulast=Chatterjee

Small bowel obstruction is a common cause of an emergency admission in the surgical wards. Acute appendicitis presenting with small bowel obstruction due to appendiceal knotting is a very rare and unsuspected condition in an emergency scenario. We report a case of acute small bowel obstruction in a 26-year-old male who, on exploration was found to have small bowel strangulation due to appendiceal knotting. Though rare, the possibilities of such a diagnosis should be kept in mind in patients with small bowel obstruction with no known identifiable etiology.