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An Unusual Presentation of Acute Appendicitis Mimicking Sigmoid Diverticulitis: A Case Report.
Cureus
November 2024
General Surgery, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
Acute appendicitis typically causes right lower quadrant pain, but in elderly patients with comorbidities, it can present atypically, complicating diagnosis. This case highlights a rare presentation, mimicking sigmoid diverticulitis. A 70-year-old man with chronic heart failure, arrhythmia, and renal failure presented with two days of left lower quadrant pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerforated appendicitis masquerading as a left-sided scrotal abscess: A case report and literature review.
Radiol Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Urology, School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Article Synopsis
- This case report focuses on a rare instance of perforated appendicitis that presented as a left-sided scrotal abscess in a 3.5-year-old boy, who also showed signs of fever and abdominal pain.
- Ultrasound imaging revealed an enlarged left epididymis and pelvic abscess, leading to the diagnosis of perforated appendicitis.
- The findings highlight the need for careful diagnosis between genitourinary and gastrointestinal conditions in children, stressing the importance of timely imaging and surgical treatment to avoid complications.
Acute Appendicitis Presenting As Left Flank Pain: A Case Report.
Cureus
June 2024
Radiology Department, Mediclinic Hospital, Al Ain, ARE.
Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common surgical emergency. The diagnosis is mainly clinical and is largely based on the typical presentation of periumbilical pain radiating to the right iliac fossa. However, atypical presentations have been reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDetecting the left-sided appendicitis in adults: The role of ultrasonography.
Asian J Surg
September 2024
The Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Occult appendix pathology in patients undergoing colorectal cancer resection and prophylactic appendectomy.
World J Surg
January 2024
Colorectal Surgery and Peritoneal Malignancy Unit, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK.
Background: The risk-benefit balance of prophylactic appendectomy in patients undergoing left colorectal cancer resection is unclear. The aim of this report is to assess the proportion of histologically abnormal appendices in patients undergoing colorectal cancer resection in a unit where standard of care is appendectomy, with consent, when left-sided resection is performed.
Methods: A retrospective study on a prospectively collected database was conducted in a single tertiary-care center.
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