Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis
The current report is the case of a 30-year-old male patient who presented with symptomatology suggestive of appendicitis. However, careful history-taking and laboratory tests led to the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile colitis, resulting in successful nonsurgical management of this patient. Altho...
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| description | The current report is the case of a 30-year-old male patient who presented with symptomatology suggestive of appendicitis. However, careful history-taking and laboratory tests led to the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile colitis, resulting in successful nonsurgical management of this patient. Although both appendicitis and C. difficile colitis are common conditions, they are rarely diagnosed concurrently. This is reflected by paucity of literature describing this manifestation. Given this current presentation, the authors contend that the manifestation of extracolonic colitis within the appendix is possibly underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed as an acute appendicitis and thus potentially results in unnecessary surgical intervention. This report reminds physicians to consider the medical approach to managing acute appendicitis given the possibility of underlying C. difficile colitis as the causative factor. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-729f95208ab44c59932f59c1faf8ac202025-02-03T06:12:09ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352017-01-01201710.1155/2017/50835355083535Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile ColitisAli Ridha0Shoaib M. Safiullah1Sarah Al-Abayechi2Amin Ur Rehman Nadeem3University of Arkansas for Medical Science, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, USAChicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064, USAUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Science, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, USAChicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064, USAThe current report is the case of a 30-year-old male patient who presented with symptomatology suggestive of appendicitis. However, careful history-taking and laboratory tests led to the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile colitis, resulting in successful nonsurgical management of this patient. Although both appendicitis and C. difficile colitis are common conditions, they are rarely diagnosed concurrently. This is reflected by paucity of literature describing this manifestation. Given this current presentation, the authors contend that the manifestation of extracolonic colitis within the appendix is possibly underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed as an acute appendicitis and thus potentially results in unnecessary surgical intervention. This report reminds physicians to consider the medical approach to managing acute appendicitis given the possibility of underlying C. difficile colitis as the causative factor.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5083535 |
| spellingShingle | Ali Ridha Shoaib M. Safiullah Sarah Al-Abayechi Amin Ur Rehman Nadeem Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| title_full | Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| title_fullStr | Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| title_short | Acute Appendicitis: An Extracolonic Manifestation of Clostridium difficile Colitis |
| title_sort | acute appendicitis an extracolonic manifestation of clostridium difficile colitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5083535 |
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