Acute appendicitis during the clinical course of COVID‐19 in a 13‐year‐old boy: Complication or coincidental?. Issue 4 (30th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nurullayev, Elnur; Gördü, Bilge; Özsürekçi, Yasemin; Haliloglu, Mithat; Soyer, Tutku
• Is Part Of: Surgical practice. Volume 25:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 232
• Page End: 234
• Publication Date: 2021-09-30
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Operations, Surgical -- Periodicals; 617.005
• DOI: 10.1111/1744-1633.12526
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-1625

Abstract

Abstract: Gastrointestinal symptoms appear to be one of the most common presentations of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, later named COVID‐19. The symptoms such as nausea, emesis, abdominal pain, and diarrhoea may be recognised as either a finding of COVID‐19 or prominent presentation of multi‐inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS‐C). COVID‐19 may present with acute appendicitis and/or may mimic its clinical findings. Although, coexistence of acute appendicitis and COVID‐19 has been well documented, it is not clear whether appendicitis is a complication of COVID‐19 or coincidence in children. A 13‐year‐old boy who developed acute appendicitis during the clinical course of COVID‐19 is presented to discuss the possibility of causal relationship between appendicitis and COVID‐19 in children.