Saratov JOURNAL of Medical and Scientific Research

Acute intestinal obstruction as a rare complication of acute appendicitis (clinical case)

Year: 2021, volume 17 Issue: №4 Pages: 715-718
Heading: Surgery Article type: Case report
Authors: Potakhin S.N., Shapkin Yu.G., Dubakov A.S., Velmakin S.E.
Organization: Saratov City Clinical Hospital № 1 n. a. Yu. Ya. Gordeev, Saratov State Medical University
Summary:

A clinical case of the development of acute intestinal obstruction as a result of the formation of an appendicular infiltrate and a periappendicular abscess in gangrenous-perforative appendicitis is presented. This observation illustrates the features of preoperative diagnosis of acute intestinal obstruction as a rare life-threatening complication of acute appendicitis.

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