title: [Caecal diverticulitis in a young woman with suspected acute appendicitis].
abstract: Colonic diverticular disease is common amongst the western population in the left hemicolon while right-sided involvement is rare. This case concerns a 20-year-old female, who was hospitalized with suspected acute appendicitis. Perioperative findings included an intramural tumour at the base of the appendix, and an ileocaecal resection was performed. Histopathological examinations revealed a single inflamed diverticulum of the caecum. The case illustrates the pre- and perioperatively differential diagnostic problems of caecal diverticulitis, which can lead to more radical surgery than needed.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk Afdeling, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev. thomaskorgaardjensen@gmail.com
authors.forename: Thomas Korgaard
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eiholm
authors.forename: Michael Patrick
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Achiam
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult