title: Midgut malrotation presenting with left-sided acute appendicitis and CT inversion sign.
abstract: In patients presenting with abdominal pain, appendicitis is the most common surgical disorder. Appendicitis causing pain in the left lower quadrant is extremely rare and can occur with congenital abnormalities that include true left-sided appendix or as an atypical presentation of right-sided long appendix, which projects into the left lower quadrant. We report a case of a 69-year-old man showing midgut malrotation with acute appendicitis presenting as left lower quadrant abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çağlar
authors.forename: Bilgin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arıbaş
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiken
authors.forename: Suat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed