Purulent Appendicular Peritonitis in Pregnancy:
Management and Pregnancy Outcome

Piazze Juan; Donfrancesco Cristina; Testani Costantino; Rea Silvio

Case Report

Purulent Appendicular Peritonitis in Pregnancy: Management and Pregnancy Outcome

Piazze Juan^1,4*, Donfrancesco Cristina^1,2, Testani Costantino¹ and Rea Silvio^3,4

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, SS. Trinity Hospital, Italy

²Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

³Oncological Surgery, University of L’Aquila, Italy

⁴Carlo Ferri Foundation, Monterotondo, Italy

Corresponding Author

Received Date: December 14, 2018; Published Date: January 25, 2019

Abstract

Appendicitis represents the most common cause of acute abdomen in pregnancy, but diagnosis remains challenging.

Case presentation: A 40-years woman at 23 weeks of pregnancy with an under-head presentation of purulent peritonitis secondary to acute appendicitis, we present this case report in order to describe the uneventful maternal-neonatal outcome at term, despite the risky acute abdomen caused by a retrocecal appendicitis at mid pregnancy.

Keywords: Pregnancy, appendicitis, acute abdominal pain, peritonitis, cesarean section

Article Details

Citation

Piazze Juan, Donfrancesco Cristina, Testani Costantino, Rea Silvio. Purulent Appendicular Peritonitis in Pregnancy: Management and Pregnancy Outcome. Arch Biomed Eng & Biotechnol. 1(2): 2019. ABEB.MS.ID.000507.