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Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis Leading to Generalized Peritonitis and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury: a case report

2026-04-03

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Delayed diagnosis of acute appendicitis can lead to severe complications, including peritonitis and organ dysfunction. <bold>Case Presentation</bold> We report a 17-year-old male initially misdiagnosed with Acute gastritis who presented two weeks later with generalized peritonitis due to perforated appendicitis. Following emergency laparotomy and appendectom...

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Literature Corpus work: 0fd54312-ad5b-5bdd-933b-d6a7f58d4352
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9270209/v1

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