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Appendico-cutaneous fistula in cystic fibrosis

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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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  1. Division of Paediatric Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Tim N. Rogers, Craig Joseph, Douglas M. G. Bowley & Graeme J. Pitcher

  2. P.O. Box 413213, 2024, Craighall, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

    Graeme J. Pitcher

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Rogers, T.N., Joseph, C., Bowley, D.M.G. et al. Appendico-cutaneous fistula in cystic fibrosis. Ped Surgery Int 20, 151–152 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-003-1109-z

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