[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.
Serme
Abdel Karim
AK
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo, service de gastroentérologie, Burkina Faso. serme_abdel@yahoo.fr
Traore
Sy Simon
SS
Savadogo
Apollinaire
A
Zida
Maurice
M
Sombie
Roger
R
Bougouma
Alain
A
Ilboudo
Piga Daniel
PD
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans