<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>jmedicalcasereports</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Medical Case Reports</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 1; Issue 3</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>(May-Jun, 2020)</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Medical Case Reports</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>A Rare Case of an Unusual Complication of Appendicitis in A Child with Cystic Fibrosis</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>1</FirstPage> <LastPage>6</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Valentina</FirstName> <LastName>Angelini</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Antonella</FirstName> <LastName>Tosco</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Piero</FirstName> <LastName>Trovato</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Angela</FirstName> <LastName>Sepe</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Gianfranco</FirstName> <LastName>Vallone</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Valeria</FirstName> <LastName>Raia</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Maria Grazia</FirstName> <LastName>Caprio</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>This case regards of an unusual complication of appendicitis in a child with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who presented delayed presentation and appendiceal abscess formation. In pediatric CF the incidence of appendicitis is lower than in unaffected children, but the diagnosis is often made already in the complicated phase. In these patients, it would be useful to remember the different conditions of differential diagnosis in abdominal pain to reduce the number of misdiagnoses and to set up timely medical therapy by reducing the number of acute surgical abdomens. Ultrasonography is a rapid, non-invasive technique that should be considered when patients suffering from CF present with new-onset abdominal pain.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Cystic fibrosis,Appendicitis,Abdominal pain</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://jmedicalcasereports.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=7430&title=A Rare Case of an Unusual Complication of Appendicitis in A Child with Cystic Fibrosis</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>Barker AF. “Bronchiectasis”. N Engl J Med 2002; 346: 1383-1393 Chen CH, Chang CC, Yang BY, Lin PY, Wang CS. Acute appendicitis mimicking intestinal obstruction in a patient with cystic fibrosis. J Formos Med Assoc 2012; 111: 580-3. Coughlin JP, Gauderer MW, Stern RC, Doershuk CF, Izant Jr RJ, Zollinger Jr RM. 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