A rare cause of acute abdominal disease: two reports of caecal diverticulum perforation.
Diverticulum of the caecum is a rare lesion. From a clinical point of view, the inflammation it causes can mimic symptoms of acute appendicitis, causing difficulties in diagnosis and thus prescription of appropriate treatment. It is almost impossible to differentiate this disease from acute appendicitis through physical examination alone, and radiological imaging may also prove insufficient. For this reason, it is common to perioperatively diagnose diverticula of the caecum. Two cases of patients who underwent surgery for perforated caecal diverticula are presently described.
Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Gelişim University Vocational High School of Health Services, İstanbul-Turkey. oprdrfatihciftci@gmail.com.
Fatih
F
Çiftci
Department of Emergency, İstanbul Safa Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
İbrahim
İ
Abdurrahman
Department of Radiology, İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey.
Abdülkadir
A
Eren
D000006:Abdomen, Acute; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged