Perforated cecal diverticulitis with CT diagnosis and medical management.

ABSTRACT: Acute diverticulitis is a painful condition of the gastrointestinal tract that results from sudden inflammation of one or more diverticula in the bowel wall. Right-sided acute diverticulitis, such as cecal diverticulitis, is uncommon diagnosis that can be easily misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis as it shares similar clinical presentation. An unusual complication of right-sided acute diverticulitis such as perforated cecal diverticulitis has different management from acute appendicitis. Thus, definitive diagnosis of this clinical condition with imaging is crucial to optimal management. We report a case of 43-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department with acute onset severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain associated with anorexia, fever, and nausea. Computed tomography scan

SUBMITTER: Tsetse C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176041 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature