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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan 10;184(1):E83.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110018. Epub 2011 Nov 14.

Recurrent appendicitis after appendectomy

Kathryn L Martin  1 , Michele Weir, Peter B Engbers, Brian Taylor
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Case Reports

Recurrent appendicitis after appendectomy

Kathryn L Martin et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Computed tomographic images in a 19-year-old man with a history of laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis, showing extraluminal gas, a complex fluid collection and fecaliths (arrows) in the right paracolic gutter and pelvis, consistent with complicated appendicitis. No appendix was identified.
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