Uncommon Caecum Diverticulitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis

Diverticulum of the cecum is a rarely seen reason of acute abdomen and it is difficult to be distinguished from appendicitis. The diagnosis is generally made during operation. We have presented this case in order to remember that it is a disease which should be kept in mind in cases of right lower q...

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Autores principales: Yilmaz, Özkan, Kiziltan, Remzi, Bayrak, Vedat, Çelik, Sebahattin, Çalli, Iskan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5427980
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author Yilmaz, Özkan
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description Diverticulum of the cecum is a rarely seen reason of acute abdomen and it is difficult to be distinguished from appendicitis. The diagnosis is generally made during operation. We have presented this case in order to remember that it is a disease which should be kept in mind in cases of right lower quadrant pain.
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spelling pubmed-47819502016-03-22 Uncommon Caecum Diverticulitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis Yilmaz, Özkan Kiziltan, Remzi Bayrak, Vedat Çelik, Sebahattin Çalli, Iskan Case Rep Surg Case Report Diverticulum of the cecum is a rarely seen reason of acute abdomen and it is difficult to be distinguished from appendicitis. The diagnosis is generally made during operation. We have presented this case in order to remember that it is a disease which should be kept in mind in cases of right lower quadrant pain. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4781950/ /pubmed/27006852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5427980 Text en Copyright © 2016 Özkan Yilmaz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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