title: Appendiceal diverticulitis: a rare cause of right iliac fossa pain syndrome.
abstract: Appendiceal diverticulitis is a rare pathologic entity that usually simulates acute appendicitis. However, it can present as a separate clinical entity that should be part of the differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Pre-operative diagnosis is rarely described but is important in preventing perforation and subsequent abdominal sepsis. We present a case of an atypical right iliac fossa pain syndrome caused by histologically proven appendiceal diverticulitis, pre-operatively diagnosed by computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, AZ St Jan Brugge-Oostende, Campus Henri Serruys AV.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanhulle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deruyter
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed