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Inflamed solitary caecal diverticulum - it is not appendicitis, what should I do?

D Connolly1, R R McGookin, A Gidwani, M G Brown.   

Abstract

We describe three cases that presented with symptoms suggestive of appendicitis but were found at operation to have an inflamed solitary caecal diverticulum. All were treated successfully with diverticulectomy or inversion of the diverticulum. We wish to highlight this diagnosis and its surgical management so that informed decisions can be made if this is first encountered in the operating theatre.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 17132320      PMCID: PMC1963806          DOI: 10.1308/003588406X149336

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl        ISSN: 0035-8843            Impact factor:   1.891


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