Guelmes DAA, Haliberto AB, Ricardo VM, Rivero RN

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ABSTRACT

Background: Secondary peritonitis and acute appendicitis percuss by schistosomiasis is a rare entity, few cases have been described in literature, this parasitoids comes from endemic zones and with an antihelmintic treatment letting up to its cure, avoiding its propagation and complications , which are mortal in advanced stages. Objectives: to describe the case of a patient with Secondary peritonitis and acute appendicitis percuss by schistosomiasis. Case report: A filipine healthy man, 42 years old, with an abdominal diffuse and intense pain of 5 days of evolution, together with vomits, fever and intense peritoneal reaction, palpable in the physical exam, in the contrasted computer tomography of abdomen was observed an enlarged appendix as well as collection of intraabdominal liquid. An explore laparotomy, an appendectomy, a wash of the abdominal cavity, and the histopathology reported percuss appendicitis with presence of schitosoma eggs on the walls of the appendix. Conclusions: The patient evoluted favorably and without post operatory complications, egress 10 days after having finished the antibiotic and the antihelmintic treatment with praziquantel.

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