Left-sided acute appendicitis with intestinal malrotation.
Intestinal malrotation is a rare anomaly of rotation and fixation of the midgut. Left-sided appendicitis occurs in association with two types of congenital anomalies, situs inversus and intestinal malrotation. We describe a rare case of left-sided acute appendicitis with intestinal malrotation in a 14-year-old boy, in which computed tomography (CT) was useful for a preoperative diagnosis.
Kamiyama
Takuro
T
Department of Radiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima-shi, Japan.
Fujiyoshi
Fumito
F
Hamada
Hiroyuki
H
Nakajo
Masayuki
M
Harada
Osamu
O
Haraguchi
Yusei
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001065:Appendix / Q000002:abnormalities*; D044682:Colon, Ascending / Q000002:abnormalities; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed