An unusual cause of postcolonoscopy abdominal pain

Post‐colonoscopy appendicitis: Systematic review of current evidence

“…All the cases are summarized in Table 1. [4][5][6][7][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]30,[32][33][34][35][36][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]…”

Acute Abdominal Pain Following Optical Colonoscopy: CT Findings and Clinical Considerations

“…Although exceptionally infrequent, appendicitis can be seen as a complication of optical colonoscopy [34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Only 28 cases of appendicitis as a complication of optical colonoscopy have been reported in the literature to our knowledge; the frequency has been estimated at 3.8 cases of appendicitis per 10,000 procedures [37,40].…”

“…Only 28 cases of appendicitis as a complication of optical colonoscopy have been reported in the literature to our knowledge; the frequency has been estimated at 3.8 cases of appendicitis per 10,000 procedures [37,40]. The pathophysiology is not well understood, but a few mechanisms have been suggested.…”

“…The pathophysiology is not well understood, but a few mechanisms have been suggested. They include barotrauma from overinsufflation, direct trauma from accidental intubation of the lumen of the appendix causing inflammation, compression of stool into the appendix that may cause obstruction or inflammation, and exacerbation of subclinical disease [1,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Additionally, preexistent appendicoliths may be present that, combined with appendiceal trauma from optical colonoscopy, may predispose to appendicitis.…”

Postcolonoscopy acute appendicitis - our case series and a review of the literature

“…A study published in 2013 identified 27 previously reported cases of post-colonoscopy appendicitis in the peer-reviewed literature 3 .…”