Jejunal diverticulitis: An unusual cause of left lower quadrant abdominal pain in a young female

Left Lower Quadrant Pain — Suspected Diverticulitis

An Unusual Cause of Right Lower Quadrant Pain: The Caecum Diverticulitis

Purpose. In the study presented, preoperative examinations and surgical methods were discussed along with literature, regarding two cases who were operated with the prediagnosis of acute appendicitis and for whom caecum diverticulitis was determined. Case 1. 21 years old male patient who had applied to hospital with complaint of abdominal pain, underwent an operation with a prediagnosis of acut...

Appendicitis in a malrotated gut: an unusual cause of left upper quadrant abdominal pain.

In this case report, we present a case of young male with left sided acute appendicitis who presented with left upper quadrant abdominal pain. The purpose of this report is to increase awareness in the emergency physicians and young surgeons of this rare presentation, with high suspicion of index could lead to facilitate early recognition and decrease morbidity and mortality.

Jejunal Diverticulitis, an Unusual Cause of a Surgical Abdomen

Uncommon and usually silent, small bowel diverticulosis (SBD) is rarely discussed in the surgical literature. Symptomatic SBD most commonly occurs in the jejunum and can lead to serious complications not readily elicited from the history and physical. Given its location within the mesentery, SBD is poorly visualized both radiographically and intraopertively. We present the case ofa 53 year old ...

Ileal diverticulitis: an uncommon diagnosis for right lower quadrant pain

We report an interesting case of ileal diverticulitis which posed a diagnostic challenge. A 75-year-old female presented to the emergency department with severe right lower quadrant pain for 3 days. The clinical history, examination and imaging suggested a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The patient was taken to the operating room for an open appendectomy. The intra-operative findings demonstr...