We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
An unusual cause of chronic diarrhea: plastron appendicitis.
- Authors
Katipoğlu, Bilal; Yırgın, Gökhan; Demir, Burak Furkan; Ateş, İhsan
- Abstract
Chronic diarrhea is defined as diarrhea that lasts longer than four weeks. Etiology of chronic diarrhea includes inflammatory bowel disease, malabsorption syndromes, irritable bowel disease, chronic parasitic infections, bacterial toxins, drugs and motility disorders. Plastron appendicitis is an abscess formation that occurs when the appendix is surrounded by the omentum following perforation of acute appendicitis. The cases usually present with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal mass. Chronic diarrhea is a rare finding. In this study, we explore a case of a 63-year-old man who had diarrhea and intermittent abdominal pain for 3 months and underwent a diagnosis of plastron appendicitis as a result of the investigations.
- Subjects
APPENDICITIS diagnosis; ABDOMINAL pain; CHRONIC diseases; DIARRHEA; MIDDLE age
- Publication
Gastroenterology & Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
2008-2258
- Publication type
Article