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Mattei, P., Sola, J.E. and Yeo, C.J. (1994) Chronic and Recurrent Appendicitis Are Uncommon Entities Often Misdiagnosed. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 178, 385-389.

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• TITLE: Giant Appendicolith in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Appendicitis: Case Report and Literature Review

  AUTHORS: Alberto Manuel González Chávez, Ricardo Ray Huacuja Blanco, Mario Andrés González Chávez, Silviano Ríos Pascual, Diego Abelardo Álvarez Hernández, José de Jesús Curiel Valdés

  KEYWORDS: Appendicolith, Fecalith, Chronic Appendicitis, Acute Abdomen, Abdominal Calcification, Acute Appendicitis

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.8 No.11, November 16, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Right iliac fossa pain remains a challenge for clinicians, since it requires considering several differential diagnoses. Acute appendicitis continues to be one of the most important diagnoses to confirm or to rule out in acute abdominal pain, due to the associated morbidity and mortality. Currently, imaging studies contribute to increase diagnostic certainty, but sometimes reveal unexpected findings, which may further complicate the diagnosis and therapeutic decisions. We present the case of an unusual image finding in the right iliac fossa, a calcification suggestive of gallstone ileus, in the context of an acute abdomen with an unusual transoperative finding, whose definitive diagnosis by pathology, was also rare.