Carnicero Laseca R, Gómez Portilla A, Fernández Fernández L, Guinda Sevillano C, Monzón Abad A, Alfaro Torres J
Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital General del Insalud.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1990 Sep;78(3):179-81.
We present a case of "Measles Appendicitis" treated recently in our unit. We point out the lack of bibliographic references on this pathology, despite its relatively high rate of incidence. The possible coexistence of appendicitis and measles; along with the possibility of a bacterial superinfection of the obliterated appendix due to submucous lymphoid hyperplasia, in our opinion, justifies an initial surgical approach in patients with measles who suffer from bouts of diagnostically uncertain pain in the lower right abdomen.
