Mittelschmerz mimicking appendicitis

Rajaraman Durai; Philip C H Ng

doi:10.12968/hmed.2009.70.7.43133

Mittelschmerz mimicking appendicitis

Durai R, Ng PC

Published July 2009 British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005), 70(7), 419

DOI 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.7.43133 PMID 19584789

Abstract

Mittelschmerz is midcycle abdominal pain related to ovulation (Charlewood, 1958). It happens in 20% of females in the fertile age group, and typically occurs at the site of the ovaries on the side where the ova is released (Krohn, 1949). The exact cause of pain is still debated but it may have some link with the release of serosanguinous fluid causing peritoneal irritation.

Rajaraman Durai, Philip C H Ng

R Durai, Phil Ng, P Ng

PMID 19584789 19584789 DOI 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.7.43133 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.7.43133 Durai et al. 2009, Durai 2009