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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2016
Case ReportsA rare cause of acute abdominal disease: two reports of caecal diverticulum perforation.
- Fatih Çiftci, İbrahim Abdurrahman, and Abdülkadir Eren.
- Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Gelişim University Vocational High School of Health Services, İstanbul-Turkey. oprdrfatihciftci@gmail.com.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2016 May 1; 22 (3): 290-2.
AbstractDiverticulum 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.
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