An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis

Autor: Murat Yildar, Omer Faruk Ozkan, Kasim Caglayan, Faruk Ozkul, Faruk Cavdar, Ismail Saygin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Surgery, Vol 2012 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-6900
2090-6919
DOI: 10.1155/2012/789397
Popis: Purpose. In the study presented, preoperative examinations and surgical methods were discussed along with literature, regarding two cases who were operated with the prediagnosis of acute appendicitis and for whom caecum diverticulitis was determined. Case 1. 21 years old male patient who had applied to hospital with complaint of abdominal pain, underwent an operation with a prediagnosis of acute appendicitis. Right hemicolectomy was performed with mass perioperatively determined in caecum. Histopathological examination revealed necrosis and inflammation in diverticulum wall. Case 2. 36 years old female patient applied to emergency department with abdominal pain and underwent an operation with a prediagnosis of acute appendicitis. Appendectomy and diverticulectomy were performed for whom inflame diverticula in caecum was determined perioperatively. Histopathological examination was revealed acute inflammation in diverticulum wall. Conclusion. Although solitary caecum diverticulitis is a rarely encountered disease, it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of right lower abdomen pain.
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