Blunt Abdominal Trauma Causing Transection of the Appendix: A Case Report

Alharmoodi. F^1, , Alsharhan. F², Alafari. H¹ and Bekdache. O¹

¹Department of General Surgery, Tawam hospital, Alain, United Arab Emirates

²Department of Radiology, Tawam hospital, Alain, United Arab Emirates

Cite this paper:
Alharmoodi. F, Alsharhan. F, Alafari. H and Bekdache. O. Blunt Abdominal Trauma Causing Transection of the Appendix: A Case Report. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022; 10(4):89-92. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-10-4-2

Abstract

Blunt trauma following Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) is the most common traumatic presentation to the Emergency department. Injuries mainly manifest as solid organ injuries or hollow viscous injuries. Nevertheless, appendicular injury is not common following blunt abdominal injury. We are reporting a case of 53 years old male who was found out to have a transection of the appendix after a traumatic blunt abdominal injury.

Keywords:
appendix transection blunt trauma MVC

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