Apendicitis Aguda Asociada a Masa Palpable en Fosa Iliaca Derecha
Srta. Romina Santibáñez C.1, Sr. Leonidas Quintana C.1, Dr. Julio Zunzunegui 2.
1 Interno de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.
2 Cirujano Infantil, Docente del Departamento de Cirugía Infantil del Hospital Exequiel González Cortés, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
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Abstract
The acute appendicitis is the first cause of surgery in pediatric care. Its management is urgent. As a complication of the local inflammatory process, it can develops an appendicular abscess, being this the principal cause of right fossa iliac’s mass associated to clinic; nevertheless, it has to be considered other causes of local mass. The surgical approach goes first in the study of the right fossa iliac’s mass associated to local pain when it is required to have a diagnosis with accuracy, preferring this before the interval appendicectomy or conservative management, frequently used when the principal hypothesis is an appendiceal mass.
Key words: acute appendicitis, right iliac fossa mass. |
