Case Report Appendicitis Secondary to Trauma following a Camel Kick: Case Report and Review of Literature Ali Toffaha, 1 Omer Al-Yahri, 2 Zainab Hijawi, 3 Saif Al-Mudares, 2 Mohannad Al-Tarakji , 2 Fakhar Shahid , 1 and Syed Muhammad Ali 2 1 Department of General Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 2 Department of Acute Care Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 3 Department of Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Correspondence should be addressed to Syed Muhammad Ali; alismc2051@gmail.com Received 22 November 2020; Revised 19 December 2020; Accepted 30 December 2020; Published 7 January 2021 Academic Editor: Muthukumaran Rangarajan Copyright © 2021 Ali Toffaha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction. Independently, trauma and appendicitis are two of the most common conditions in surgical practice. Rarely, both conditions may coexist, which raises the controversy whether it is merely a coincidence or trauma may lead to acute appendicitis. Presentation of Case. We report a case of acute appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma caused by a camel hoof kick to the abdomen in a young man and discuss the potential underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms with review of the pertinent literature. Conclusions. Blunt abdominal trauma caused by a camel kick to the abdomen requires a close observation of the patients. A camel kick may increase intra-abdominal pressure and cause internal organ injury including the appendix. Therefore, acute appendicitis should be considered in differential diagnosis in any patient with abdominal pain resembling appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma. 1. Introduction Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical conditions affecting about 7% of people during their lifetime [1]. The eti- ology of acute appendicitis is multifactorial, with luminal obstruction being considered the major cause [1]. Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) has been infrequently reported as a possible cause for acute appendicitis; however, most of the reported cases were in pediatric age group (Table 1). Herein, we report a rare case of acute appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma caused by a camel hoof kick to the abdomen. 2. Case Presentation A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man presented to the emergency department at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, with two-day history of progressive right lower abdominal pain, associated with four times vomiting and loss of appetite. He was doing completely well but developed these symptoms few hours after a strong direct camel kick on his right abdo- men. He did not have any urological symptoms, nor any comorbidities, and his systemic review was unremarkable. The patient was conscious and had normal vital signs. Generally, was looking well, abdominal examination showed a right lower abdominal bruise, tenderness, rebound tender- ness, and involuntary guarding in the right iliac fossa. Head to toe examination showed no other signs of trauma. Labora- tory tests showed high inflammatory markers (white blood cell count (WBC) 15.5 K/μL, hemoglobin 15.3 g/dL, platelets 207 K/μL, CRP: 90.5, and bilirubin: 29.1). CT abdomen with IV and oral contrast was done and showed a dilated appendix in the right iliac fossa (16 mm in diameter), with wall enhancement and periappendiceal fat stranding (Figure 1). The patient was diagnosed with acute appendicitis, and an emergency laparoscopic appendectomy was performed. Intraoperative findings showed grossly inflamed appendix with fibrinous exudate with no collection or perforation (Figure 2), and the inspected other intra-abdominal solid and hollow organs were normal. Postoperatively, the patient recovered well and was discharged one day after surgery. On follow-up 2 weeks in the clinic, he was completely healthy, Hindawi Case Reports in Surgery Volume 2021, Article ID 6667873, 6 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6667873