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European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2015; 03(01): 027-029
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1374544
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Primary Peritonitis—A Forgotten Entity

Muhammad Faisal Khilji
1   Department of Emergency Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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14 January 2014

25 February 2014

Publication Date:
08 May 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Primary peritonitis is a rare phenomenon in modern antibiotic era. A case of pediatric primary peritonitis is presented here, in which a child presented with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting for one day. Abdominal examination showed marked tenderness and guarding, diagnosis of appendicitis was made and laparoscopic appendectomy done. Later, ascitic fluid analysis and appendix histopathology proved it to be a case of primary peritonitis.

Keywords

primary peritonitis - peritonitis - ascitic fluid - laparoscopic - appendix
 

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