Case Report
Acute appendicitis presenting as small bowel obstruction: two case reports
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* Corresponding author: Sanjay Harrison quibit21@hotmail.com
1 Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP, UK
2 Department of Radiology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP, UK
Cases Journal 2009, 2:9106 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9106
Published: 28 November 2009Abstract
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical problem however the diagnosis is often overlooked when it presents as a small bowel obstruction. In this report we present two cases of elderly patients who presented with small bowel obstruction and raised inflammatory markers. Both patients were successfully treated with a laparotomy, adhesiolysis and appendicectomy and went on to make a good recovery.