Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis
Joint Authors
Ridha, Ali
Al-Abayechi, Sarah
Safiullah, Shoaib M.
Nadeem, Amin Ur Rehman
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-07-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The current report is the case of a 30-year-old male patient who presented with symptomatology suggestive of appendicitis.
However, careful history-taking and laboratory tests led to the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile colitis, resulting in successful nonsurgical management of this patient.
Although both appendicitis and C.
difficile colitis are common conditions, they are rarely diagnosed concurrently.
This is reflected by paucity of literature describing this manifestation.
Given this current presentation, the authors contend that the manifestation of extracolonic colitis within the appendix is possibly underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed as an acute appendicitis and thus potentially results in unnecessary surgical intervention.
This report reminds physicians to consider the medical approach to managing acute appendicitis given the possibility of underlying C.
difficile colitis as the causative factor.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ridha, Ali& Safiullah, Shoaib M.& Al-Abayechi, Sarah& Nadeem, Amin Ur Rehman. 2017. Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146769
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ridha, Ali…[et al.]. Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ridha, Ali& Safiullah, Shoaib M.& Al-Abayechi, Sarah& Nadeem, Amin Ur Rehman. Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis. Case Reports in Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146769
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1146769