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Case Reports
. 1989 May;59(5):391-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01592.x.

Caecal diverticulitis

P M Randle  1 , L R Matz
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Case Reports

Caecal diverticulitis

P M Randle et al. Aust N Z J Surg. 1989 May.

Abstract

Ten cases of caecal diverticulitis are reviewed. Caecal diverticulitis is frequently diagnosed as appendicitis pre-operatively and is difficult to distinguish from carcinoma or inflammatory bowel disease intra-operatively. The average age of presentation is younger than that of left-sided colonic diverticulitis. Most of the diverticula are narrow-neck false diverticula. When diagnosed intra-operatively hemicolectomy can often be avoided.

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