Appendicitis Secondary to Trauma following a Camel Kick: Case Report and Review of Literature.
Ali ToffahaOmer Al-YahriZainab HijawiSaif Al-MudaresMohannad Al-TarakjiFakhar ShahidSyed Muhammad AliPublished in: Case reports in surgery (2021)
Blunt abdominal trauma caused by a camel kick to the abdomen requires a close observation of the patients. A camel kick may increase intra-abdominal pressure and cause internal organ injury including the appendix. Therefore, acute appendicitis should be considered in differential diagnosis in any patient with abdominal pain resembling appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma.