Appendicitis as a complication of colonoscopy

Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy, with no reports in the British literature. Here we discuss a case report of a patient who developed acute appendicitis 24 hours following a normal diagnostic colonoscopy. This case report highlights the rarity of this life threaten...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sheikh, AA, Watt, J, Tee, M, Selvasekar, CR
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: JSCR Publishing Ltd 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649174/