Unusual Presentation of Perforated Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report

06 July 2022 : Case report USA

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care

Hutton White^1BCDE, Alexandra S. Laykova^2BCEF, Brendan O'Dowd^2BCEF, Tarik Wasfie^3ABCDEFG*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935405

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935405

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Table 1. Comparison of common presentation of classic acute appendicitis and patient.

	Acute appendicitis	Patient
Periumbilical pain	Yes	No
Right lower abdominal tenderness	Yes	No
Rebound tenderness	Yes	Yes
Fever	Yes	No
Nausea & vomiting	Yes	No
Anorexia	Yes	No
Constipation	Yes	No
Leukocytosis	Yes	No
Computed tomography of abdomen	Inflamed appendix	None

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