Endometriosis of the appendix presenting as acute appendicitis
Journal Title: IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency and accounts for 275 of the surgical cases It is a very common cause of nongynecologic lower abdominal pain and may occur simultaneously with a variety of gynecologic diseases We report a case of a 24 years old female who presented to the surgical emergency department with complaints of acute pain in abdomen for the last 1 day with tenderness in right iliac fossa Laboratory reports showed leucocytosis with neutrophilia with presence of toxic granules A provisional diagnosis of appendicitis was made and the patient was operated The appendectomy specimen on histopathological examination showed ectopic endometrial glands and stroma in the serosa based on which a diagnosis of appendiceal endometriosis was given This case emphasizes the importance of considering the diagnosis of appendiceal endometriosis in a young female of child bearing age with a clinical diagnosis of appendicitisKeywords Appendicitis Endometriosis Endometrial glands Stroma
Authors and Affiliations
Kafil Akhtar, Mohd Talha, Shivani Gupta, Ashok Kumar
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