Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum
Acute appendicitis is usually diagnosed on the basis of signs, symptoms, clinical history, physical examination, and results of laboratory tests.The position of the appendix can vary considerably, both in relation to the caecum and because of the inconsistent position of the caecum itself, and may c...
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| description | Acute appendicitis is usually diagnosed on the basis of signs, symptoms, clinical history, physical examination, and results of laboratory tests.The position of the appendix can vary considerably, both in relation to the caecum and because of the inconsistent position of the caecum itself, and may cause variable clinical symptoms. We present the CT findings of surgically proven acute appendicitis associated with atypically located caecum in two patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e2076f5e53744c0813c5c791a3b12162025-02-03T01:24:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192012-01-01201210.1155/2012/921382921382Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile CaecumHuseyin Toprak0Mehmet Bilgin1Musa Atay2Ercan Kocakoc3Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Adnan Menderes Bulvari, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Adnan Menderes Bulvari, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Adnan Menderes Bulvari, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Adnan Menderes Bulvari, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, TurkeyAcute appendicitis is usually diagnosed on the basis of signs, symptoms, clinical history, physical examination, and results of laboratory tests.The position of the appendix can vary considerably, both in relation to the caecum and because of the inconsistent position of the caecum itself, and may cause variable clinical symptoms. We present the CT findings of surgically proven acute appendicitis associated with atypically located caecum in two patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/921382 |
| spellingShingle | Huseyin Toprak Mehmet Bilgin Musa Atay Ercan Kocakoc Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum |
| title_full | Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum |
| title_short | Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Patients with Abnormal Position of the Appendix due to Mobile Caecum |
| title_sort | diagnosis of appendicitis in patients with abnormal position of the appendix due to mobile caecum |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/921382 |
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