ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITHOUT PERFORATION MAY CAUSE INTRA ABDOMINAL ABSCESS: A RARE CASE REPORT

Appendix is a finger like tubular pouch that portude from the lower end of large intestine. Appendicitis is a condition when appendix become inflamed and infected leading to pain abdomen. This inflammation, infection causes appendix to swell and it can burst and perforation rate is 40%. The peak incidence of acute Appendicitis in children is in the second decade [1]. The perforated appendix may cause abdominal abscess, Peritonitis, Sepsis. Acute appendicitis without perforation incidence of intra-abdominal pus formation is generally low ranging from 1-7%.