An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain : The Caecum Diverticulitis
Joint Authors
Yildar, Murat
Özkul, Faruk
Çağlayan, Kasım
Cavdar, Faruk
Ozkan, Omer Faruk
Saygın, İsmail
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yildar, Murat& Ozkan, Omer Faruk& Çağlayan, Kasım& Özkul, Faruk& Cavdar, Faruk& Saygın, İsmail. 2012. An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain : The Caecum Diverticulitis. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yildar, Murat…[et al.]. An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain : The Caecum Diverticulitis. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yildar, Murat& Ozkan, Omer Faruk& Çağlayan, Kasım& Özkul, Faruk& Cavdar, Faruk& Saygın, İsmail. An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain : The Caecum Diverticulitis. Case Reports in Surgery. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498187
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498187