Difficulties in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnancy

ABSTRACT

This series of five cases of acute appendicitis during different stages of pregnancy highlights the difficulties surrounding the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnancy, especially during the late second and third trimesters. All these cases illustrate the need for a high index of suspicion so that laparotomy is performed at an early stage of the disease. Delay in management results in increased morbidity complications and prolonged hospital stay