We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
The ectopic appendicolith from perforated appendicitis as a cause of tubo-ovarian abscess.
- Authors
Vyas, Rajashree C.; Sides, Corey; Klein, Deborah J.; Reddy, Sireesha Y.; Santos, Mary C.
- Abstract
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical cause of abdominal pain in the pediatric population. History and physical examination are atypical in up to a third of patients. Known potential complications of untreated or delayed management of acute appendicitis include appendiceal perforation, periappendiceal abscess formation, peritonitis, bowel obstruction and rarely septic thrombosis of mesenteric vessels. We report an unusual complication of perforated appendicitis. A tubo-ovarian abscess developed secondary to appendicolith migration into the right fallopian tube in a patient who had undergone interval laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. The retained appendicolith was visualized within the obstructed and dilated fallopian tube on contrast-enhanced CT. We discuss the CT imaging features of this unusual complication of perforated appendicitis.
- Subjects
CASE studies; DISEASE complications; JUVENILE diseases; APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; FALLOPIAN tubes; TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 9, p1006
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-008-0889-7