Rare case of perforated appendicitis presenting as persistent perineal discharge following laparoscopic abdominoperinal excision of rectum (APER)

Abdominoperineal excision of rectum (APER) is one of the widely used surgical procedures to treat low rectal cancer, benign conditions like Crohn’s proctitis with anal involvement and as a salvage procedure for anal cancer. Perineal wound infection is a well-recognised complication following such ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2021-01, Vol.14 (1), p.e236312
Hauptverfasser: Mukherjee, Tanmoy, Kudchadkar, Shantata Jayant, Sagar, Jayesh, Gurjar, Shashank
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Zusammenfassung:Abdominoperineal excision of rectum (APER) is one of the widely used surgical procedures to treat low rectal cancer, benign conditions like Crohn’s proctitis with anal involvement and as a salvage procedure for anal cancer. Perineal wound infection is a well-recognised complication following such major surgery. Occurrence of appendicitis in a few weeks’ time following such a major surgery is uncommon. However, here we present a rare case report of perforated appendicitis presenting as persistent perineal discharge in an elderly man, following laparoscopic APER for a low rectal tumour. To our knowledge, this is the first time such a rare clinical presentation of appendicitis is reported in the history of medical literature. Through this case report, we aim to highlight the importance of considering such an uncommon presentation in patients with perineal discharge, following APER.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2020-236312