16Nov 2018

DENGUE FEVER MIMICKING ACUTE APPENDICITIS: A CASE REPORT.

  • Medical Student , Tabuk University , Tabuk city , Saudi Arabia.
  • Medical Resident , Ministry of health , Makkah city , Saudi Arabia .
  • Medical Intern , Umm Alqura University , Makkah city , Saudi Arabia.
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Abdominal pain with dengue fever are often a diagnostic challenge. Typically, pain is localised to the right iliac fossa pain. Patients can even present with acute abdomen. we tend to report a case of a lady with dengue fever and right iliac fossa pain. The designation of acute appendicitis was created only once four days of admission. associate appendicular mass was noted throughout CT scan. The patient recovered afterward with conservative management . options suggestive of acute appendicitis are persistent right iliac fossa pain, localized peritonism, persistent fever and leucocytosis. repeated clinical assessment is important to avoid missing a coinciding diagnosing like acute appendicitis.


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[Afrah Albalawi, Mohammed Alharbi, Abdulmalik Hamdi, Marwan Alahmadi, Bashir Almaghrabi, Wafa Albalawi, Maram AlRubayyi, Muhannad Alanazi, Ghadah Alanazi and Haifa Alnahawa (2018); DENGUE FEVER MIMICKING ACUTE APPENDICITIS: A CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Nov). 647-649] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Afrah Zaal Albalawi


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8041      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8041