Nevin SAĞSÖZ, Ceyhan TAŞDELEN, Murat BULANIK, Gökhan KARACA

Gecikmiş tanı nedeniyle püerperiumda apandisit: olgu sunumu

Lohusalık döneminde ortaya çıkan enfeksiyon ve ağrı gibi nedenlerin sıklıkla gebelik ve doğuma bağlı olduğu kabul edilir. Ancak, diğer önemli nedenlerde akılda tutulmalıdır. Akut apandisit gebelikte obstetrik nedenler dışında, en sık karşılaşılan akut cerrahi gerektiren durumdur. Bu yazıda; püerperal dönemde karın ağrısı, yüksek vücut ısısı ve yüksek C-reaktif protein ile kliniğimize başvuran akut apandisit tanısı alan bir hasta sunuldu ve konu literatür bilgisi eşliğinde tartışıldı

Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis in puerperium: case report

Problems such as infection and pain that occur in the puerperium are frequently assumed to be related to pregnancy or delivery. Nevertheless, other important causes should also be kept in mind. Acute appendicitis is the most common nonobstetrics an acute surgical condition in pregnancy. In current report, a patient who had applied to our clinic with abdominal pain, high body temperature and high C-reactive protein in puerperium and diagnosed as acute appendicitis and later performed appendectomy was presented and the topic was discussed along with the literature review

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