Endoscopically-Identified Incidental Appendicitis

There are a lot of interesting recent case reports on the JPGN Reports website. A recent example includes the following:

Mostafavi et al report (JPGN Reports 2024; 5:511–513. Open Access! Endoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic appendicitis in a pediatric patient) on the incidental diagnosis of appendicitis. A followup colonoscopy in a 14 year-old with ulcerative colitis identified purulent fluid from the appendiceal orifice after ileal intubation; subsequently, after MRI imaging, an appendectomy was performed. The appendicitis was thought to be unrelated to the ulcerative colitis.

Other examples of some recent JPGN case reports: