TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute appendicitis after a blunt perineal trauma
T2 - An illustrative case
AU - Amir, Achiya
AU - Amir, Lisa
AU - Waisman, Yehezkel
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Acute appendicitis after abdominal trauma, although rare, has been described in the past. We herein report, for the first time, a case of acute appendicitis after a blunt trauma to the perineum in a boy. Clinicians taking care of children with injuries to the abdomen or perineal area should be aware of the possibility that they can develop posttraumatic acute appendicitis.
AB - Acute appendicitis after abdominal trauma, although rare, has been described in the past. We herein report, for the first time, a case of acute appendicitis after a blunt trauma to the perineum in a boy. Clinicians taking care of children with injuries to the abdomen or perineal area should be aware of the possibility that they can develop posttraumatic acute appendicitis.
KW - Acute appendicitis
KW - trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66249114973&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31819a8a66
DO - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31819a8a66
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C2 - 19287277
AN - SCOPUS:66249114973
SN - 0749-5161
VL - 25
SP - 184
EP - 185
JO - Pediatric Emergency Care
JF - Pediatric Emergency Care
IS - 3
ER -