Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report

Appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) is an overlooked pathology that carries a high risk of perforation and associated neoplasia, especially carcinoid tumours and mucinous adenoma. AD may be congenital, but more commonly acquired. It may cause diverticulitis, which causes clinical and radiological signs...

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Autores principales: Elkhawaga, Mostafa, Mundasad, Basavaraj, Hampton, Jacob, Alam, Ahmad S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654596
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32626
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author Elkhawaga, Mostafa
Mundasad, Basavaraj
Hampton, Jacob
Alam, Ahmad S
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description Appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) is an overlooked pathology that carries a high risk of perforation and associated neoplasia, especially carcinoid tumours and mucinous adenoma. AD may be congenital, but more commonly acquired. It may cause diverticulitis, which causes clinical and radiological signs like those of acute appendicitis, and that may delay the diagnosis till it is confirmed on histopathological examination. Here we report a case of acute AD in a case initially diagnosed as acute appendicitis.
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spelling pubmed-98418832023-01-17 Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report Elkhawaga, Mostafa Mundasad, Basavaraj Hampton, Jacob Alam, Ahmad S Cureus Pathology Appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) is an overlooked pathology that carries a high risk of perforation and associated neoplasia, especially carcinoid tumours and mucinous adenoma. AD may be congenital, but more commonly acquired. It may cause diverticulitis, which causes clinical and radiological signs like those of acute appendicitis, and that may delay the diagnosis till it is confirmed on histopathological examination. Here we report a case of acute AD in a case initially diagnosed as acute appendicitis. Cureus 2022-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9841883/ /pubmed/36654596 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32626 Text en Copyright © 2022, Elkhawaga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title_full Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title_short Appendiceal Diverticulitis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report
title_sort appendiceal diverticulitis presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654596
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32626
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