Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

Three patients with acute appendicitis diagnosis following blunt abdominal trauma

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Khosro Ayazi 1
Parham Nikraftar 1
Hamidreza Hatamabadi 2
Fatemeh Shojaeian 3
Shervan Family 1

1 Department of Surgery, Imam Hossein University Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2021.28
Abstract
Objective: One of the most prevalent surgical emergencies is appendicitis, caused by different factors. However, its relation to trauma has not been well-known yet. Here we have described three cases with blunt abdominal trauma and a secondary diagnosis of appendicitis that were transferred to the operation room.
Case Presentation: Three patients suffering from blunt trauma and abdominal pain were referred to the emergency department (ED). Of these patients, one of them was transferred to the operation room (OR) with a peritonitis diagnosis and the other two patients had appendicitis signs and symptoms. The abdominal pain and related signs and symptoms of these three patients were due to appendicitis. All three patients were discharged from the hospital with normal vital signs.
Conclusion: Traumatic appendicitis might be regarded as one of the differential diagnoses of the patients referred to the ED with blunt abdominal trauma and abdominal pain; hence, appendicitis and blunt abdominal trauma have some unknown relations.

Keywords

Appendicitis
Abdominal Injuries
Case reports
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 8, Issue 2
July 2022
Pages 145-147

  • Receive Date 03 December 2021

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