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A Rare Case of Isolated Diverticular Disease of the Appendix Combined With Uncomplicated Appendicitis.
Cureus
December 2024
General Surgery, Queen's Hospital Burton, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, Burton on Trent, GBR.
The differential diagnoses for patients presenting with right iliac fossa pain are broad, with appendicitis almost always on the top of the list. Although rare, diverticulosis of the appendix, complicated by inflammation, should be considered in these patients. We report a case of a middle-aged female with right iliac fossa pain with a high inflammatory marker.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInternal Hernia as a Rare Complication of Acute Appendicitis.
Cureus
March 2024
College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, SAU.
Article Synopsis
- Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency but can present with varied symptoms, as illustrated by a case of a 47-year-old woman with two weeks of crampy right lower abdominal pain.
- Despite inconclusive pre-operative tests, a diagnostic laparoscopy revealed an unusual case where an inflamed appendix was attached to the cecum, causing an internal hernia.
- This case emphasizes that skilled surgeons and clinical experience are crucial in identifying and managing rare presentations of appendicitis, beyond what standard tests can reveal.
Carcinoma of the colon in children: a report of six new cases and a review of the literature.
J Pediatr Surg
December 1976
Of six children with carcinoma of the colon, none had ulcerative colitis or a family history of carcinoma of the colon or colonic polyposis. In 75 cases traced in the literature, a common early symptom of carcinoma of the colon in children is acute, crampy abdominal pain. At laparotomy for suspected appendictis, the possibility of the acute pain being due to carcinoma of the colon should be borne in mind.
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