title: Acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis mimicking appendicitis: a report of two cases.
abstract: We describe two right-sided diverticulitis cases that presented with marked right iliac fossa tenderness with guarding and rebound and laboratory parameters resembling acute appendicitis. The imaging findings suggested diverticulitis in both cases. One of the patients underwent surgery and the other one was followed up with medical treatment. Awareness of these imaging findings may aid in the diagnosis of right-sided diverticulitis, which is frequently misdiagnosed and mistreated.
authors.affiliation: Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahveci
authors.forename: Turgut Tursem
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Tokmak
authors.forename: Afra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mavili
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography