title: Delayed presentation of a caecal haematoma initially managed as appendicitis.
abstract: A 15-year-old boy with caecal haematoma required a right hemicolectomy due to development of small bowel obstruction and near caecal perforation having presented several days after an episode of minor trauma. The position of the caecum between intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal bowel requires special treatment considerations. This is a unique case in an adolescent because caecal haematoma usually presents acutely with abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Clarendon Wing Radiology Department, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, LS2 9NS, UK.
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Oates
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sutcliffe
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stahlschmidt
authors.forename: Jeannette K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kraft
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
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