Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Panagiotis A. Dimitriadis | Zendy; Ragai Makar | Zendy; Gearoid Kingston | Zendy; Ridzuan Farouk | Zendy

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Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Panagiotis A. Dimitriadis,

Ragai Makar,

Gearoid Kingston,

Ridzuan Farouk

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in obstetrics and gynecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6684

pISSN - 2090-6692

DOI - 10.1155/2013/360459

Subject(s) - appendix , medicine , acute appendicitis , endometriosis , iliac fossa , appendicitis , abdominal pain , emergency department , pregnancy , acute abdominal pain , gestation , laparoscopy , general surgery , radiology , surgery , obstetrics , gynecology , paleontology , genetics , psychiatry , biology

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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