Scrotal absceso following an appendicitis

• Main Authors: León Hernández Angélica (Author), Palacios Acosta José Martín (Author), Lezama Cordero Jaime Ricardo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen in children; approximately one third of all cases present with appendiceal perforation at the time of surgery. Some of postoperative complications in this condition are abscesses. In unusual places such as the scrotum however, for an intraabdomi...