Open AccessPostcolonoscopy appendicitis in a patient with active ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Natalie M. Bachir,
Linda A. Feagins
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v2.i6.232
Subject(s) - colonoscopy , medicine , ulcerative colitis , appendicitis , perforation , lumen (anatomy) , complication , presentation (obstetrics) , general surgery , gastroenterology , radiology , colorectal cancer , disease , cancer , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Complications due to diagnostic colonoscopy are uncommon and acute appendicitis is a very rare complication of colonoscopy. This poses a diagnostic challenge as the presentation of appendicitis is similar to that of other complications of colonoscopy such as perforation or postpolypectomy syndrome. It is hypothesized that postcolonoscopy appendicitis might be associated with obstruction of the appendiceal lumen with fecal matter during colonoscopy. None of the previous reports in the literature have described findings of appendicitis after colonoscopy in a patient with active ulcerative colitis. We present a case of a 28 year-old man with active ulcerative colitis who underwent colonoscopy and subsequently developed acute appendicitis.