Appendicitis in puerpeium: Case report
Acute appendicitis in puerperium is often diagnosed too late, because clinical signs can be unrelaible. Abdominal wall rigidity is rarely noticed in puerpeium because of weak abdominal wall muscles, laboratory parameters are not enough relaible and atipycal appendix presentation makes difficulties i...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica 2011, Vol.58 (4), p.111-112 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Acute appendicitis in puerperium is often diagnosed too late, because
clinical signs can be unrelaible. Abdominal wall rigidity is rarely noticed
in puerpeium because of weak abdominal wall muscles, laboratory parameters
are not enough relaible and atipycal appendix presentation makes difficulties
in diagnosis3,4. Knowing clinical signs and symptoms of appendicitis,
possible complications and their early detection, make a chance for a good
surgical outcome. Measuring of axillar and rectal temperature can take
confusion in, and prolong time until surgical treatment. Leucocytosis in
puerperium is not valid for diagnosis. We report a case of patient in
puerperium with high laboratory infection parameters. Diagnosis of
appendicitis is made based on clinical signs and symptoms, that is proved
intraoperatively and histologicaly. Appendectomy without perforation carries
less risks for mother and fetus.
Akutni apendicitis u pureperijumu cesto se kasno dijagnostikuje, jer klinicki
znaci mogu biti neubedljivi. Rigidnost abdomena se retko uocava u
puerperijumu zbog smanjenog misicnog tonusa trbusnog zida, laboratorijski
parametri nisu dovoljno ubedljivi, a postavljanje dijagnoze dodatno otezava
cesto atipicna prezentacija apendiksa3,4. Tipicni abdominalni znaci cesto
izostaju, sto moze dovesti do odlozene hirurske intervencije. Poznavanje
znakova i simptoma apendicitisa, mogucih komplikacija i njihovo rano
otkrivanje, povecava sansu dobrog ishoda hirurskog lecenja. Merenje rektalne
i aksilarne temperature moze uneti zabunu i time produziti vremenski interval
do eventualne hirurske intervencije. Leukocitoza, narocito u puerperijumu, ne
mora biti od znacaja za postavljanje dijagnoze. Prikazan je slucaj zene u
pureperijumu sa visokim laboratorijskim parametrima za infekciju, aksilarnom
temperaturom 37,5 i rektalnom 37,2. Na osnovu klinicke slike postavljena je
dijagnoza apendicitisa, sto je intraoperativno i histoloski potvrdjeno.
Koliko god dijagnostikovanje akutnog apendicitisa bilo tesko, narocito u
trudnoci, apendektomija bez nastale perforacije nosi znatno manji rizik i za
majku i za plod. |
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ISSN: | 0354-950X 2406-0887 |
DOI: | 10.2298/ACI1104111B |