Journal article
Intrathoracic acute appendicitis. A case report
Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Société française de pédiatrie, Vol.19(12), pp.1334-1336
12/01/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2012.09.021
PMID: 23116984
Abstract
Intrathoracic appendicitis is an uncommon diagnosis. We report the case of a 6-year-old boy with elevated CRP and no fever, who complained of nonspecific abdominal pain. A diaphragmatic hernia was suspected on a chest X-ray and confirmed by an ultrasound examination. A multidetector CT scan revealed intrathoracic acute appendicitis associated with a right posterolateral Bochdalek hernia. Abdominal diseases associated with late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia are often manifested by an atypical clinical presentation, which can be a source of delay or error in diagnosis. We recommend radiological exploration in the case of diaphragmatic hernia, even with subtle clinical findings in the search of associated gastrointestinal complications. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Intrathoracic acute appendicitis. A case report
- Creators
- R. Fahed - Hotel Dieu France, Serv Imagerie Med, Beirut, LebanonL. Menassa-Moussa - Hotel Dieu France, Serv Imagerie Med, Beirut, LebanonC. Sader-Ghorra - Hôtel-Dieu de ParisS. Haddad-Zebouni - Hotel Dieu France, Serv Imagerie Med, Beirut, Lebanon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Société française de pédiatrie, Vol.19(12), pp.1334-1336
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.arcped.2012.09.021
- PMID
- 23116984
- ISSN
- 0929-693X
- eISSN
- 1769-664X
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- French
- Date published
- 12/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984787260302771
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