CASE 832: ACUTE APPENDICITIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ THANH TÙNG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

A  29 year-old nurse with abdominal cramp crisis for 20 hours without fever and diarrhea.

Ultrasound  detected a # 25x12mm tubal structure at the RLQ with peritoneal fatty edema at the end of appendix in suspecting an acute appendicitis.

WBC: 16.4 H, hs CRP: 4.31H.

MSCT confirmed an inflamed appendix with fecolith inside.

Endoscopic surgery was done for removing the inflamed appendix in 24 hours from the onset.