Abstract

SEGOVIA LOHSE, Helmut Alfredo; MARTINEZ VILLALBA, Nelson; YAMANAKA, Wataru  and  FARINA RIOS, César. Diverticulitis cecal simulando apendicitis aguda: Cecal diverticulitis mimicking acute appendicitis. Rev. Cir. Parag. [online]. 2014, vol.38, n.1, pp.28-31. ISSN 2307-0420.

ABSTRACT We describe five cases of cecal diverticulitis: all of them present with mild or moderate pain in right lower quadrant without other toxicity sign. In all of them the initial diagnosis was acute appendicitis. At the surgery, three cases present no doubt of cecal diverticulitis and diverticulectomy was made, in the two others right colectomy with anastomosis was perform (because of important inflammation and suspicious of cancer). One of the colectomy cases present dehiscence, organ failure and death.

Keywords : Diverticulitis; Cecum; Diverticulum of the cecum; Appendicitis.

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