Open AccessStump appendicitis: A rare clinical entity
Author(s) -
Abhinav Kumar,
Anil Sharma,
Rajesh Khullar,
Vandana Soni,
Manish Baijal,
Pradeep Chowbey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.118835
Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , surgery , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , appendix , acute appendicitis , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Stump appendicitis is one of the rare delayed complications after appendectomy with reported incidence of 1 in 50,000 cases. Stump appendicitis can present as a diagnostic dilemma if the treating clinician is unfamiliar with this rare clinical entity. We report an 18-year-old patient with Stump appendicitis, who underwent completion appendectomy laparoscopically.