metricas
covid
Buscar en
Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition) Acute appendicitis secondary to foreign body ingestion
Información de la revista
Vol. 43. Núm. 10.
Páginas 635-636 (diciembre 2020)
Vol. 43. Núm. 10.
Páginas 635-636 (diciembre 2020)
Image of the month
Acceso a texto completo
Acute appendicitis secondary to foreign body ingestion
Apendicitis aguda secundaria a ingesta de cuerpo extraño
Visitas
723
Sebastián Jeri-McFarlane
Autor para correspondencia
sebastian.jeri@ssib.es

Corresponding author.
, José Manuel Olea, Álvaro García-Granero, Francisco Xavier González-Argente
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Este artículo ha recibido
Información del artículo
Texto completo
Bibliografía
Descargar PDF
Estadísticas
Figuras (2)
Texto completo

The ingestion of foreign bodies in adults is a rare or accidental occurrence, more common in prisoners and patients with psychiatric disorders.1 Concomitantly, the likelihood of their causing acute appendicitis is very rare. They are objects that tend to pass spontaneously through the gastrointestinal tract, especially blunt ones.1,2 The prevalence of acute appendicitis due to foreign bodies, such as needles, piercings, teeth and even buckshot, is 0.0005%.2 Furthermore, if the lumen of the appendix becomes obstructed by them, the likelihood of developing acute appendicitis is <1%.3

We present the case of a 60-year-old man with a history of arterial hypertension and coronary angioplasty after a heart attack. The patient is a keen hunter. So he consumes game meat that sometimes contains buckshot.

He went to the A&E eight days after the onset of pain in the right iliac fossa (RIF), without other symptoms. On examination, pain was noted in the RIF with voluntary guarding, without peritoneal irritation. Analysis without elevation of inflammatory parameters and ultrasound of the abdomen with an aperistaltic, non-compressible appendix with associated appendicular mass. A CT scan was requested to complete the study of the appendicular mass. Acute appendicitis was reported and a metallic foreign body was observed inside the appendix (Fig. 1). A laparoscopic appendectomy was performed in which acute gangrenous retrocaecal appendicitis was observed. When the appendix was opened during surgery, buckshot was found in the distal third of the lumen (Fig. 2).

Figure 1.

Abdominal CT scan: a metallic foreign body can be seen in the caecal appendix with associated inflammatory changes consistent with acute appendicitis.

(0.08MB).
Figure 2.

Surgical specimen: a caecal appendix is observed with an incision in its distal third from which a metallic foreign body (buckshot) was removed.

(0.15MB).
References
[1]
C.B. Sama, L.N. Aminde, T.N. Njim, et al.
Foreign body in the appendix presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report.
[2]
J.H. Kim, D.S. Lee, K.M. Kim.
Acute appendicitis caused by foreign body ingestion.
[3]
I. Abellán, N. Ibañez, R. Vergel, et al.
Acute appendicitis caused by a foreign body.
Cirugía Española (English Ed.), 97 (2019), pp. 347-348

Please cite this article as: Jeri-McFarlane S, Olea JM, García-Granero Á, González-Argente FX. Apendicitis aguda secundaria a ingesta de cuerpo extraño. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.01.012

Copyright © 2020. Elsevier España, S.L.U.. All rights reserved
Descargar PDF
Opciones de artículo
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos