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Tim N Rogers1, Craig Joseph, Douglas M G Bowley
1Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Abstract:
Appendico-cutaneous fistulae are rare. We describe a 12-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) and a chronically draining sinus in the right iliac fossa, found to be a primary appendico-cutaneous fistula. Misdiagnosis of right iliac fossa pain in patients with CF and the preponderance of complicated disease frequently lead to manifestations of appendicitis rarely seen in usual clinical practice.
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