Deciduosis of the appendix: a rare cause of acute abdomen during pregnancy (a case report).
(2020) Pan African Medical Journal — Vol. 37, p. 316 [1-4] (2020)
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- Appendectomy is the most common non-obstetric surgical intervention in pregnant patients. In rare cases, deciduosis can develop during pregnancy in the appendix and cause inflammation through appendiceal occlusion by ectopic decidua tissue. We report a 28-year-old woman at 32 weeks of pregnancy, who presented at the emergency room with the diagnosis of an acute appendicitis. After successful appendectomy and histopathological examination of the appendectomy specimen, a diagnosis of appendiceal deciduosis with acute appendicitis was established. Here, we discuss the origin of appendiceal deciduosis, as well as its clinical and histopathological presentation.
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Smits, L., Van Bockstal, M., & Frezin, J. (2020). Deciduosis of the appendix: a rare cause of acute abdomen during pregnancy (a case report). Pan African Medical Journal, 37, 316 [1-4]. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.316.26728 (Original work published 2020)