A rare case of appendiceal haemorrhage causing life-threatening haematochezia
Our case involved a 28-year-old man who presented with life-threatening haematochezia. Computed tomography angiogram revealed contrast extravasation from the appendix pooling in the caecum. Management via laparoscopic stapled partial caecectomy was successful. Histopathology revealed focal mild acute appendicitis with focal ulceration to submucosa.
Authors
- Stephen Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-6618)
- Howard Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-9018)
- Ju Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-4623)
- D. Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-297X)
- Andrew Fitzdowse
- Aaron Ow
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Footscray Hospital (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Sunshine Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjae705
- Primary Topic
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00