An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis
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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-04ce122815ae4874b3de54a0b1a511722025-02-03T05:51:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192012-01-01201210.1155/2012/789397789397An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum DiverticulitisMurat Yildar0Omer Faruk Ozkan1Kasim Caglayan2Faruk Ozkul3Faruk Cavdar4Ismail Saygin5Department of General Surgery, Medical School, University of Balıkesir, 10145 Balıkesir, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, 61040 Trabzon, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Medical School, University of Bozok, 66900 Yozgat, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, 61040 Trabzon, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Mengucek Gazi Training and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, 24100 Erzincan, TurkeyPathology Department, Mus State Hospital, 49000 Mus, TurkeyPurpose. 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/789397 |
| spellingShingle | Murat Yildar Omer Faruk Ozkan Kasim Caglayan Faruk Ozkul Faruk Cavdar Ismail Saygin An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis |
| title_full | An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis |
| title_short | An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis |
| title_sort | unusual cause of right lower quadrant pain the caecum diverticulitis |
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