Open AccessAcute Appendicitis Concomitant with Ovarian Torsion: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
El Fellah Youssef,
M Bouzroud,
M Najih,
H EL Kaoui,
SM Bouchentouf,
A Bounaim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eas journal of medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-7332
pISSN - 2663-1857
DOI - 10.36349/easjms.2022.v04i03.003
Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , appendix , ovarian torsion , acute appendicitis , concomitant , abdominal pain , adnexal mass , peritonitis , general surgery , surgery , ovarian tumor , lower abdominal pain , torsion (gastropod) , oophorectomy , emergency department , radiology , surgical emergency , hysterectomy , ovarian cancer , paleontology , cancer , psychiatry , biology
Acute appendicitis associated with acute adnexal pathology is very rare with a few cases reported in the literature. To illustrate this unusual association, we report a case of a 53-year-old female patient admitted to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain and hyperleucocytosis. The abdominal CT scan showed appendicular peritonitis and a pelvic mass. The patient underwent surgery, and we kept the diagnosis of appendicular peritonitis associated with torsion of a right ovarian tumor. Appendectomy and right salpingo-oophorectomy were performed with satisfactory postoperative outcomes. Systematic exploration of the genital tract in female patients with appendicitis is indispensable to eliminate an associated ovarian torsion or other adnexal pathologies.