Acute appendicitis presenting as small bowel obstruction: two case reports

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Acute appendicitis presenting as small bowel obstruction: two case reports

Sanjay Harrison¹ , Kamal Mahawar¹ , Dougal Brown² , Leslie Boobis¹ and Peter Small¹

¹Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP, UK

²Department of Radiology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP, UK

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Cases Journal 2009, 2:9106doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9106


Published:	28 November 2009

Abstract

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.