Left side perforated appendicitis with intestinal non-rotation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdominal pain, requiring emergency surgery. Symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis usually occur in the right lower quadrant. However, approximately one-third of cases have pain unexcepted location due to its various anatomical locations. Acute appendicitis is a very rare cause of left lower quadrant pain; if it occurs, situs inversus (SI) and midgut malrotation (MM) are uncommon anatomic anomalies that complicate its diagnosis and management.

Clinical presentation

Here we present a 23-year-old Ethiopian male patient who presented with epigastric and left paraumbilical abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting of a day duration. On examination at admission, the patient had left lower quadrant tenderness. Later, wit

SUBMITTER: Assefa MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10311855 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature