Open AccessAcute appendicitis in a patient after a uterus transplant: A case report
Author(s) -
Jakub Křístek,
Michal Kudla,
Jaroslav Chlupáč,
Róbert Novotný,
Tomáš Miřejovský,
L Janoušek,
Jiří Froněk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4270
Subject(s) - medicine , acute abdomen , appendicitis , surgery , abdomen , abdominal pain , immunosuppression
Acute appendicitis in a solid organ transplant recipient is a rare occurrence, and experience remains limited. Appendicitis in uterine transplant recipients has never been reported. Immunocompromised patients with acute abdomen often present late and with attenuated symptoms. The differential diagnosis in a transplanted patient is broad and challenging due to possible existing complications associated with the graft, effects of immunosuppression, and altered anatomical relations.