[A man with atypical appendicitis]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012;156(18):A3432.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 43-year-old man presented with acute left-sided middle and lower abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with 'left-sided acute appendicitis with non-rotation of the colon'. This is a rare and usually asymptomatic congenital anomaly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Appendicitis / complications
  • Appendicitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Appendicitis / surgery
  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Torsion Abnormality / complications
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnostic imaging*
  • Torsion Abnormality / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome