title: Left-sided acute appendicitis with intestinal malrotation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima-shi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: Fumito
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fujiyoshi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Yusei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haraguchi
mesh_terms: 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