Yersinia enterocolitica mesenteric adenitis suspected by ultrasound examination

Coussi, A; Athanassiou, Maria; Tsantali, Chaido; Tsatra, Ioanna; Papadopoulou, Frederica

doi:10.1007/bf01954526

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“…The most common and diagnostically difficult type is intestinal yersiniosis, as well as the type similar to appendicitis in children and young adults. The symptoms include diarrhoea, emesis, and sometimes fever and pain located in middle abdominal region and right hypogastric region, which are connected with inflammation and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes, especially in the ileocecal area [ 7 , 8 ]. In the majority of cases, the pain initially embraces the whole abdominal cavity or umbilical area and its character is diffuse.…”

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Mesenteric lymphadenitis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica

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Wojskowicz

Kiśluk

et al. 2015

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Yersiniosis is an acute or chronic, zoonotic disease caused by infection of Gram-negative rods Yersinia enterocolitica. It can be transmitted by the consumption of originally contaminated food products (pork, unpasteurized milk) or secondarily contaminated with animal or vegetable products. The clinical picture of infection may have a variable course is related to the age and physical condition of the patient, or pathogenic properties of microorganisms. Infection caused by Y. enterocolitica can occur in different clinical forms: food poisoning, colitis, mesentric lymphadenitis, erythema nodosum, arthritis, pharyngitis, pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis. The aim of this study was to present a rare case of infection with Y. enterocolitica mesenteric lymph nodes coexistent with appendicitis.

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