Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature
A 22-year-old pregnant woman presented at the twenty-seventh week of gestation in the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain and right iliac fossa tenderness. Urgent MRI was done and was suggestive of acute appendicitis. A laparoscopy was performed that confirmed an inflamed and purulent app...
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| description | A 22-year-old pregnant woman presented at the twenty-seventh week of gestation in the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain and right iliac fossa tenderness. Urgent MRI was done and was suggestive of acute appendicitis. A laparoscopy was performed that confirmed an inflamed and purulent appendix that was removed. The technique used is described in detail. The histopathologic findings were those of acute appendicitis, carcinoid, and endometriosis of the appendix. We report the first case of this extremely rare triad presented in pregnancy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7c08e8dcc7d4242800b24cf35c9fc1c2025-02-03T05:45:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922013-01-01201310.1155/2013/360459360459Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the LiteraturePanagiotis A. Dimitriadis0Ragai R. Makar1Gearoid Kingston2Ridzuan Farouk3General Surgery Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UKGeneral Surgery Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UKPathology Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading RG1 5AN, UKGeneral Surgery Department, Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UKA 22-year-old pregnant woman presented at the twenty-seventh week of gestation in the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain and right iliac fossa tenderness. Urgent MRI was done and was suggestive of acute appendicitis. A laparoscopy was performed that confirmed an inflamed and purulent appendix that was removed. The technique used is described in detail. The histopathologic findings were those of acute appendicitis, carcinoid, and endometriosis of the appendix. We report the first case of this extremely rare triad presented in pregnancy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/360459 |
| spellingShingle | Panagiotis A. Dimitriadis Ragai R. Makar Gearoid Kingston Ridzuan Farouk Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | appendiceal endometriosis and carcinoid presented as acute appendicitis in pregnancy a rare case report and review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/360459 |
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