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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Intestinal spirochaetosis mimicking acute appendicitis with review of the literature
  1. Jason Gan,
  2. Catherine Bryant,
  3. Dhili Arul,
  4. Chetan Parmar
  1. Department of Surgery, Whittington Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jason Gan, jason.gan{at}nhs.net

Summary

Human intestinal spirochaetosis is a well-established micro-organism existing in the colon. It is less commonly seen in the appendix, and rarely presents as acute appendicitis. We present a case of a man presenting with symptoms consistent with acute appendicitis. The literature on spirochaetosis presenting as acute appendicitis is also reviewed.

  • Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Pathology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221574

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JG: drafted article, collated information and images for case report. CB: critically revised article. DA: critically revised article, chose histology images and drafted histological entry into case report discussion. CP: chose patient for case report, was overall supervisor and critically revised article. All authors have approved final article and are accountable for the article.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.