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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0026-17422023000100047</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fm.24484865e.2023.66.1.06</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendagitis aguda como causa infrecuente de abdomen agudo quirúrgico. Reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Acute Appendagitis as a Rare Cause of Surgical Acute Abdomen. Case Report]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montes Arcón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo Salomón]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Montiel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camilo Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Redondo de Oro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katherine Tatiana]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Pinilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katya Vanessa]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Cartagena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena de Indias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Cartagena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena de Indias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Cartagena  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena de Indias ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>66</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>47</fpage>
<lpage>52</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422023000100047&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422023000100047&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422023000100047&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: El dolor abdominal se constituye como uno de los motivos de consulta más frecuentes en los servicios de urgencias, su adecuado abordaje diagnóstico determina el tratamiento a elegir por parte del médico a cargo del caso; este a su vez puede optar por un manejo médico o quirúrgico, todo esto si se considera la causa subyacente de la sintomatología que presenta el paciente.  Caso clínico: En el presente artículo se presenta el caso de un paciente del sexo masculino en la quinta década de la vida, con antecedente quirúrgico de apendicetomía; el cual consulta por cuadro clínico de dolor abdominal intenso de localización en la fosa iliaca derecha. En el examen físico fue llamativa la presencia de signos de irritación peritoneal, por lo cual se solicitaron estudios serológicos que se encontraron dentro de los parámetros normales, además una tomografía computada de abdomen que reveló trabeculación de grasa pericecal. El paciente persistió sintomático, por lo que fue llevado a exploración vía abierta de la cavidad abdominal, con hallazgo intraoperatorio de apendagitis aguda.  Conclusión: A pesar de ser una causa infrecuente de abdomen agudo quirúrgico, la apendagitis aguda siempre debe ser un diagnóstico a considerar por parte de los médicos de urgencias y los cirujanos. El disponer de estudios de imagen que permitan una adecuada caracterización del cuadro clínico va a ser fundamental para el manejo de los pacientes, más, si se tiene en cuenta toda la variedad de entidades que se presentan en la cavidad abdominal.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent reasons for consultation in the emergency services, its adequate diagnostic approach determines the treatment to be chosen by the doctor in charge of the case; This in turn can opt for medical or surgical management, all this if the underlying cause of the symptoms presented by the patient is considered.  Clinical case: This article presents the case of a male patient in the fifth decade of life, with a surgical history of appendectomy, which he consults due to a clinical picture of intense abdominal pain located in the right iliac fossa. In the physical examination, the presence of signs of peritoneal irritation was striking, for which serological studies were requested, which were found to be within normal parameters, in addition to a computed tomography of the abdomen that revealed trabeculation of pericecal fat. The patient persisted with symptoms, so he was taken for open abdominal cavity exploration, with an intraoperative finding of acute appendagitis.  Conclusion: Despite being an infrequent cause of acute surgical abdomen, acute appendagitis should always be a diagnosis to be considered by emergency physicians and surgeons. The availability of imaging studies that allow an adequate characterization of the clinical picture is going to be essential for the management of patients, especially if the whole variety of entities that occur in the abdominal cavity are taken into account.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[epiplón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inflamación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dolor abdominal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico diferencial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Appendix]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[omentum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inflammation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[abdominal pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[differential diagnosis]]></kwd>
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