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Case Reports
. 2012 Dec;20(4):269-70.
doi: 10.5455/aim.2012.20.269-270.

Right-sided perforated ascending colonic diverticulum mimicking acute appendicitis

Edina Bilic Komarica  1 , Zlatan Zvizdic
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Case Reports

Right-sided perforated ascending colonic diverticulum mimicking acute appendicitis

Edina Bilic Komarica et al. Acta Inform Med. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Perforation of the colonic diverticulum is a common reason for emergency laparotomy, especially in older people but is rare in the younger population. While perforation of the sigmoid diverticulum is very common, perforation of the ascending colonic diverticulum is a very rare event. For this reason, the divereticulitis is usually discovered unexpectedly at surgery for suspected appendicitis.

Keywords: Righ-sided diverticulitis; laparotomy; perforation; surgery..

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Ultrasound examination of right-sided perforated ascending colonic diverticulum Mimicking acute appendicitis.
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