title: Appendiceal torsion in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Argyrios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzilinis
authors.forename: Moshen H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Vahedi
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wittenborn