• Am J Emerg Med · Apr 2014

    Case Reports

    Acute appendicitis presenting as acute diarrhea accompanying hypokalemia.

    • Li Jun Wang, Samjhana Basnet, Xiao Qin Du, and Song Tao Shou.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. Electronic address: 641998933@qq.com.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Apr 1;32(4):397.e5-6.

    AbstractAcute appendicitis, characterized as periumbilical pain, migrating to the right iliac fossa, is one of the most common acute surgical conditions. It is usually diagnosed on the basis of clinical signs and symptoms. However, some patients may present atypically and are prone to be misdiagnosed. We report this first case of acute appendicitis who presented initially with complain of diarrhea accompanying hypokalemia. There have been no published data suggesting its existence in any parts of the world.

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