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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1029-3043</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3043</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30432022000200483</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis aguda traumática. Reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Traumatic acute appendicitis. A case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Casado Méndez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos Fonseca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael Salvador]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fuentes Garcia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínica Universitaria &#8220;Bartolomé Masó Márquez&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Mariano Pérez Balí  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Universitario Celia Sánchez Manduley  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>483</fpage>
<lpage>492</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000200483&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000200483&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000200483&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 37 años sin antecedentes de dolor abdominal, o padecimiento de alguna enfermedad, que recibió un golpe directo con objeto romo (bate de béisbol) en el cuadrante inferior derecho del abdomen. Asistió a consulta con dolor abdominal selectivo en fosa ilíaca derecha, de aproximadamente 29 horas de evolución, que comenzó después de un trauma abdominal cerrado. Al examen físico se constata signo de Blumberg positivo, punto de McBurney doloroso con hiperestesia cutánea y cierto grado de defensa muscular. En los exámenes complementarios se comprueba leucocitosis y predominio de neutrófilos, con desviación a la izquierda. Se decidió realizar laparotomía exploratoria y se constató en el transoperatorio apendicitis aguda flegmonosa. La etiología traumática en la apendicitis aguda es un diagnóstico por exclusión que debe ser considerado en condiciones específicas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT We present a 37 year-old man with no antecedents of abdominal pain, or suffering from other illnesses who received a direct blow with a blunt object (baseball bat) in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. The patient was seen in consultation with a selective abdominal pain in his right iliac fossa, with approximately 29 hours of evolution that began after a closed abdominal trauma. A positive Blumberg sign, a painful McBurney&#8217;s point with cutaneous hyperesthesia and certain grade of muscular defense were verified on physical exam. Leukocytosis and prevalence of neutrophils with left deviation were proven on complementary exams. An exploratory laparotomy was decided and a phlegmonous acute appendicitis was verified during the periprocedural period. Traumatic etiology in acute appendicitis is a diagnosis for exclusion that should be considered under specific conditions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis/diagnostico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[abdomen agudo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendicite/diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[abdomen, acute]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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