Stylianos Mantalovas, Eleni Paschou, Ismini Kountouri, Christina Sevva, Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Panagiota Roulia, Marios Dagher, Styliani Laskou, Vasileios Lagopoulos, Charilaos Koulouris, Fedra Louloudopoulou, Periklis Kopsidas, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Christoforos Kosmidis
A 40-year-old female patient presented to a secondary facility with dull lower abdominal pain and a persistent low-grade fever. Her laboratory results showed elevated inflammation markers. A CT scan revealed two abscesses in the lesser pelvic region in direct contact with the apex of the appendix, the posterior wall of the uterus, and the right-side appendages. The patient responded well to intravenous antibiotics, and an MRI scan revealed the cause to be an appendiceal rupture. The patient was scheduled for an appendectomy...
March 6, 2024: Diagnostics