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Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología
Print version ISSN 0120-9957
Abstract
RAMIREZ GIRALDO, Camilo; MOLANO CHAVARRIA, Ovidio Fernando; HOLGUIN HENAO, Juan Guillermo and FIGUEROA AVENDANO, Carlos Edgar. Post-colonoscopy appendicitis: Case report and literature review. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2020, vol.35, n.1, pp.127-129. ISSN 0120-9957. https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.324.
We present the case of an 83-year-old patient who had no significant medical history. A screening colonoscopy had been performed three 3 hours before onset of pain in the right iliac fossa. Twelve hours later, the patient to the emergency department. Physicians suspected that the pain was a complication related to colonoscopy and ordered an abdominal CT scan which showed tomographic signs of appendicitis. A laparoscopic appendectomy was performed and removed a perforated cecal appendix without complications.
Keywords : Colonoscopy; appendicitis; complication.