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BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease was described for the first time in 1932. The association of acute appendicitis with this disease is very rare and when the cecum is involved, risk of fistula is very high. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 48-year-old female who had been diagnosed with Crohn's disease several months earlier. The patient complained of intense abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and was treated medically without improvement. Thus, laparascopic surgery was decided upon. DISCUSSION: The appendix was affected in 12-16% of all patients with Crohn's disease who had intestinal resection. CONCLUSIONS: If the cecum is not affected, appendectomy using laparascopic procedure with soft tissue drainage is adequate.
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Apendicite/etiologia , Doença de Crohn/complicações , Feminino , Humanos , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/complicações , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease was described for the first time in 1932. The association of acute appendicitis with this disease is very rare and when the cecum is involved, risk of fistula is very high. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 48-year-old female who had been diagnosed with Crohn's disease several months earlier. The patient complained of intense abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and was treated medically without improvement. Thus, laparascopic surgery was decided upon. DISCUSSION: The appendix was affected in 12-16% of all patients with Crohn's disease who had intestinal resection. CONCLUSIONS: If the cecum is not affected, appendectomy using laparascopic procedure with soft tissue drainage is adequate.
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Humanos , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Apendicite/etiologia , Doença de Crohn/complicações , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/complicaçõesRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Report for first time in Mexico a case of hereditary mixed polyposis and review the literature. BACKGROUND: The hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome (HMPS) is an uncommon condition, distinguished by presence of a different histological pattern of polyps in digestive tract, clinically manifested by diarrhea, anemia and weight loss. CASE REPORT: Male patient, 38 years old, with familiar antecedent (dead sister) with polyps and gastric cancer. With history of a 1 year with bleeding and mucous diarrhea, and weight loss of a 28.6 pounds. Pale at physical examination, without abdominal signs. At blood test with hemoglobin of 9.7 g/dL, and colonoscopy with multiple polyps within colon and rectum, upper endoscopy with a big esophageal polyp and multiple polyps in gastric and duodenal lining smaller than 1 cm. Contrast study of intestine was normal. Histopathologic study of the polyps report mixed pattern of polyps: (hyperplasic-adenomatous, juvenile-adenomatous, adenoma-inflammatory-hyperplasic, hyperplasic-adenomatous with a high degree dysplasia); juvenile in esophagus, and hyperplasic in stomach and duodenum. Patient was undergone to totalproctocolectomy and reconstruction by "J" ileoanal pouch with good outcome, and endoscopic esophageal polypectomy, with actual surveillance.