Stump Appendicitis with Diagnostic Dilemma: A Case Report

Authors

  • Anil Kumar Sah Mediciti Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Rajeev Kumar Pandit Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Muza Shrestha Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sundar Maharjan Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suman Prasad Sah Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jgmcn.v14i2.38083

Keywords:

Acute Abdomen, acute appendicitis, appendectomy, clinician's dilemma, stump appendicitis

Abstract

Stump appendicitis is a rare delayed complication of incomplete appendectomy. The clinical symptoms and signs are like acute appendicitis. The possibility of stump appendicitis is not clear to all clinicians. It represents a diagnostic dilemma with incidence of one in 50,000 cases. We report how we encountered diagnostic dilemma during the management of a 30 years old male patient of acute abdomen with history of appendectomy done for acute appendicitis even years back.

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Author Biographies

Anil Kumar Sah, Mediciti Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

FCPS Urology Resident, Department of Urology

Rajeev Kumar Pandit, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of General Surgery

Muza Shrestha, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of General Surgery

Sundar Maharjan, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of General Surgery

Suman Prasad Sah, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of General Surgery

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Published

2022-01-05

How to Cite

Sah, A. K., Pandit, R. K., Shrestha, M., Maharjan, S., & Sah, S. P. (2022). Stump Appendicitis with Diagnostic Dilemma: A Case Report. Journal of Gandaki Medical College-Nepal, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3126/jgmcn.v14i2.38083

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Case Reports

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