An uncommon acute abdomen cause mimicking acute appendicitis: Caecal Diverticulitis, a case report

Abstract

Solitary caecal diverticulitis is an uncommon clinical situation. Its diagnosis is difficult expect surgical assessment. It appears to have the similar manner of acute appendicitis, generally. The case in this study is a patient has operated for prediagnosis of acute appendicitis because of the having right iliac fossa pain, nausea and vomiting which are common symptoms of acute appendicitis, but in her exploration it was determined to have caecal mass.

Keywords

• Caecal diverticulitis, acute appendicitis; right-sided colonic diverticulitis

Akut apandisiti taklit eden yaygın olmayan bir akut karın nedeni: Çekal divertikülit, bir olgu sunumu

Abstract

Soliter çekal divertikülit yaygın olmayan bir klinik durumdur. Cerrahi müdahale dışında tanısı zordur. Genellikle akut apandisit benzeri bulgularla ortaya çıkar. Bu çalışmadaki olgu, karın sağ alt kadran ağrısı, bulantı ve kusma nedeniyle acil servisimize başvuran, akut apandisit ön tanısı acil şartlarda opere edilen, ancak eksplorasyonda çekal kitle saptanan bir hastadır.

Keywords

• Çekal divertikülit, akut apandisit; sağ kolon divertiküliti

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