Abstract Acute apendicitis rarely presents with a clinical picture of mechanical small-bowel obstruction. The Authors report a case of this inusual clinical occurrence, arised like a complication of a common disease, characterized by a chronically inflamed appendix (mucocele) wrapping around the last loop of ileum that produced volvolus and strangulation. The few similar cases reported in the literature are moreover reviewed.
Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to an inflamed appendix wrapping around the last loop of ileum / Assenza, Marco; Ricci, G.; Bartolucci, P.; Modini, Claudio. - In: IL GIORNALE DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0391-9005. - Jun-Jul;26(6-7):(2005), pp. 261-266.
Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to an inflamed appendix wrapping around the last loop of ileum.
ASSENZA, Marco;MODINI, Claudio
2005
Abstract
Abstract Acute apendicitis rarely presents with a clinical picture of mechanical small-bowel obstruction. The Authors report a case of this inusual clinical occurrence, arised like a complication of a common disease, characterized by a chronically inflamed appendix (mucocele) wrapping around the last loop of ileum that produced volvolus and strangulation. The few similar cases reported in the literature are moreover reviewed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.