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Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Solitary cecal diverticulitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in the Western world. Its clinical presentation, in most cases, mimics acute appendicitis. A 38-year-old Caucasian man presented with acute abdomen and clinical signs of acute appendicitis. Laparotomy was performed and revealed an...

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Autores principales: Mudatsakis, Nikolaos, Nikolaou, Marinos, Krithinakis, Konstantinos, Matalliotakis, Michail, Politis, Nikolaos, Andreadakis, Emmanouil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25506025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/131452
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author Mudatsakis, Nikolaos
Nikolaou, Marinos
Krithinakis, Konstantinos
Matalliotakis, Michail
Politis, Nikolaos
Andreadakis, Emmanouil
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Krithinakis, Konstantinos
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description Solitary cecal diverticulitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in the Western world. Its clinical presentation, in most cases, mimics acute appendicitis. A 38-year-old Caucasian man presented with acute abdomen and clinical signs of acute appendicitis. Laparotomy was performed and revealed an inflammatory, solitary diverticulum of the cecum. A typical appendectomy was performed and a catheter was inserted for draining percutaneously the inflamed diverticulum of the cecum. The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged on the 4th postoperative day. This frequently misdiagnosed condition, in most cases, is being suspected and identified intraoperatively as acute appendicitis. The aim of this study is to review the available different surgical management options and to present an alternative therapeutic approach that may be valuable under specific circumstances.
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spelling pubmed-42583342014-12-11 Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature Mudatsakis, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Marinos Krithinakis, Konstantinos Matalliotakis, Michail Politis, Nikolaos Andreadakis, Emmanouil Case Rep Surg Case Report Solitary cecal diverticulitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in the Western world. Its clinical presentation, in most cases, mimics acute appendicitis. A 38-year-old Caucasian man presented with acute abdomen and clinical signs of acute appendicitis. Laparotomy was performed and revealed an inflammatory, solitary diverticulum of the cecum. A typical appendectomy was performed and a catheter was inserted for draining percutaneously the inflamed diverticulum of the cecum. The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged on the 4th postoperative day. This frequently misdiagnosed condition, in most cases, is being suspected and identified intraoperatively as acute appendicitis. The aim of this study is to review the available different surgical management options and to present an alternative therapeutic approach that may be valuable under specific circumstances. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4258334/ /pubmed/25506025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/131452 Text en Copyright © 2014 Nikolaos Mudatsakis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mudatsakis, Nikolaos
Nikolaou, Marinos
Krithinakis, Konstantinos
Matalliotakis, Michail
Politis, Nikolaos
Andreadakis, Emmanouil
Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort solitary cecal diverticulitis: an unusual cause of acute right iliac fossa pain—a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25506025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/131452
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