[An atypical localized appendicitis: the role of colonoscopy in the diagnosis].
The left sided appendicitis diagnosis is made apart from the medical imaging laparotomy (echography, and computed tomography). In this text, the authors deal with a case where colonoscopy has been used to make the diagnosis. Through an analysis based on a reported case and literature, they argue for the use of colonoscopy as diagnosis means to confirm appendicitis when medical imaging (computed tomography) is not accessible or has been used.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, service de gastroentérologie, Burkina Faso. serme_abdel@yahoo.fr
Abdel Karim
AK
Serme
Sy Simon
SS
Traore
Apollinaire
A
Savadogo
Maurice
M
Zida
Roger
R
Sombie
Alain
A
Bougouma
Piga Daniel
PD
Ilboudo
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans