Unusual Presentation of Appendicolithiasis With Pneumoperitoneum: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Clinical medicine, pathology and even modern text books of surgery are still teaching that obstruction is the main cause of appendicitis and which is mostly due to appendicoliths in adults. Appendicolith (fecalith) is mostly asymptomatic but may shows increased association with perforation and abscess formation. This case report documents one patient with perforated appendicitis by a large fecalith presented as duodenal ulcer perforation with radiological evidence of pneumoperitoneum.




Clin Infect Immun. 2018;3(1):29-31
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cii39w