title: Benign solitary cecal ulcer: a condition that mimics plastron appendicitis.
abstract: The benign solitary cecal ulcer is a rare clinical entity that is not usually included in the differential diagnosis of the cecal diseases. The etiology is unknown, and there are no pathognomonic lesions or symptoms. Pre-operative and intra-operative diagnosis is difficult. Definitive diagnosis is generally obtained by histologic evaluation of the surgical specimen after a right hemicolectomy performed for a suspected neoplasm of the cecum. We herein describe a 70-year-old woman with solitary cecal ulcer presenting with abdominal pain, palpable mass on the right lower quadrant and leukocytosis, mimicking plastron appendicitis on initial evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atila
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gönen
authors.forename: Sulen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarıoğlu
authors.forename: Seymen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bora
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002432:Cecum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed