Free Content Inflamed solitary caecal diverticulum - it is not appendicitis, what should I do?

Authors: Connolly, D.1; McGookin, R.R.2; Gidwani, A.2; Brown, M.G.2

Source: Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 88, Number 7, November 2006 , pp. 672-674(3)

Publisher: The Royal College of Surgeons of England

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Abstract:

We describe three cases that presented with symptoms suggestive of appendicitis but were found at operation to have an inflamed solitary caecal diverticulum. All were treated successfully with diverticulectomy or inversion of the diverticulum. We wish to highlight this diagnosis and its surgical management so that informed decisions can be made if this is first encountered in the operating theatre.

Keywords: CAECAL DIVERTICULUM; INFLAMED; DIVERTICULECTOMY; INVERSION; APPENDICITIS

Document Type: Case report

DOI: 10.1308/003588406X149336

Affiliations: 1: Department of Urology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK 2: Department of Surgery, Causeway Hospital, Coleraine, Co. Derry, UK

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