Retro-psoas appendicitis.
Gastrointestinal surgery
Paediatric Surgery
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Sep 2023
20 Sep 2023
Historique:
pmc-release:
20
09
2025
medline:
22
9
2023
pubmed:
21
9
2023
entrez:
20
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The vermiform appendix (VA) is known to exhibit a wide range of anatomic variability, with clinical presentation correlating with certain known anatomic positioning. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the second known case of a retro-psoas muscle VA variant and the first known case of appendicitis in such a location. Retroperitoneal access was obtained, and the appendix was freed from the intermuscular recess between the psoas and iliacus. The peritoneal defect was primarily repaired, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 1 in good condition.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37730427
pii: 16/9/e253128
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253128
pmc: PMC10514624
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.