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In rare cases, blunt trauma of the abdomen (BTA) can be a direct cause of appendicitis.To evaluate whether appendicitis or appendiceal perforation following BTA occurs by chance or cause.This retrospective study was performed for the period July 2010–December 2014.In total, 245 pediatric cases were included. The cause of appendicitis was idiopathic in 190 (77.55%), appendicolith in 30 (12.24%), trivial...
A 58-year-old woman with underlying medically controlled hypertension presented after an episode of sudden-onset chest pain. Chest computed tomography imaging revealed a left renal artery aneurysm (RAA) measuring 1.6 cm in diameter with mural thrombi in the distal left renal artery at bifurcation level. An interval enlargement of approximately 0.4 cm in diameter was noted within a 6-month period;...