Perforated retrocecal appendicitis presenting with lung abscess—A case report

Faizi, Fazel Rahman; Farzam, Farhad

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2022.04.053

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“…Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice for intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal, and large pulmonary abscesses. 5,8,11 The patient outcomes and symptoms goalong with two previous similar case reports, where the patients were fully recovered with surgery and antibiotics like our patient. 8,10…”

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“…Lung abscess symptoms are fever, cough, and sputum production over weeks. 8,9 The presence of these symptoms and the chest tube drainage content (drainage of pus mixed with blood) and the occurrence of signs of emphysema after chest tube insertion indicate parenchymal damage. 4,5 A classical cavity containing a gas-fluid level in an X-ray is a classical appearance of a lung abscess.…”

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“…It develops through the spread of infection from other parts of the body or rarely from the abdominal cavity including appendix through the diaphragm's crura or by resulting sepsis. 8,9 The objective of the study is to describe a rare case of lung abscess as a complication of appendicitis in a 25-year-old male patient. This case report has been reported in line with the SCARE 2020 criteria.…”

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Appendicitis is an inflammation of the vermiform appendix (located near the base of the cecum). A lung abscess is a cavitary lesion containing necrotic lung tissue or an infected fluid component. It mainly occurs as a result of lung parenchymal disease. The patient was a 25-year-old male who first presented with a 1-week history of productive cough and chest pain associated with low-grade fever. He was diagnosed with a lung abscess as a complication of perforated retro cecal appendicitis. We report this in consideration of reducing the challenge of delay in diagnosis of this rare complication, and to avoid mistreatment specifically when the patient's chest x-ray resembles empyema. Additionally, we encourage doing further studies on this topic.

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