Abstract

LATORRE, Sergio Iván; BUSTOS, John Alexander  and  VILLATE, Juan Pablo. Acute appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma. Coincidence or causality?. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2017, vol.65, n.1, pp.161-163. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v65n1.54786.

Acute appendicitis is a common disease in clinical practice; some well-defined causes include luminal obstruction by fecoliths, lymphoid hyperplasia, foreign bodies and intestinal parasites. Closed abdominal trauma has been associated as an etiological factor, although, their causal relationship is still unclear. This paper presents the case of a patient with appendicitis after a closed abdominal trauma.

Keywords : Appendicitis; Abdominal Injuries; Wounds and Injuries (MeSH)..

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