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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Autores principales: Toprak, Huseyin, Bilgin, Mehmet, Atay, Musa, Kocakoc, Ercan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3512262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/921382
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Sumario: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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