Appendiceal torsion in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
OBJECTIVE
Torsion of the appendix is a rare cause of acute abdomen with presentation, treatment, and prognosis virtually identical to that of acute appendicitis.


METHODS
We present a case of appendiceal torsion in a 44-year-old male, which is to our knowledge the first in an African-American man, and we review all of the reported adult cases in the English language literature.


CONCLUSIONS
This condition may have occurred when a normal appendix is encountered and no other pathologic findings exist.
Tzilinis
Argyrios
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Department of Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Vahedi
Moshen H
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Wittenborn
William S
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