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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 Ali
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • trauma patients
  • abdominal pain
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • prognostic factors
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • case report