%0 Journal Article
%T Appendicitis as a complication of colonoscopy
%A AA Sheikh
%A J Watt
%A M Tee
%A CR Selvasekar
%J Journal of Surgical Case Reports
%D 2010
%I JSCR Publishing
%X Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy, with no reports in the British literature. Here we discuss a case report of a patient who developed acute appendicitis 24 hours following a normal diagnostic colonoscopy. This case report highlights the rarity of this life threatening complication and discusses its aetiology.
%K appendicitis
%K colonoscopy
%U http://jscr.co.uk/2010/11/colorectal-surgery/appendicitis-as-a-complication-of-colonoscopy/