Left Sided Appendicitis in Patient with Intestinal Malrotation

Left-sided appendicitis in a patient with congenital gastrointestinal malrotation: a case report

BACKGROUND While appendicitis is the most common abdominal disease requiring surgical intervention seen in the emergency room setting, intestinal malrotation is relatively uncommon. When patients with asymptomatic undiagnosed gastrointestinal malrotation clinically present with abdominal pain, accurate diagnosis and definitive therapy may be delayed, possibly increasing the risk of morbidity an...

Left-sided appendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Situs inversus totalis is a rare inherent disease in which the thoracic and abdominal organs are transposed. Symptoms of appendicitis in situs inversus (SI) may appear in the left lower quadrant, and the diagnosis of appendicitis is very difficult. We report a case of left-sided appendicitis diagnosed preoperatively after dextrocardia that was detected by chest X-ray, although the chief complai...

Computed Tomography Findings of Left-Sided Acute Appendicitis With Midgut Malrotation

Sol taraf yerleşimli akut apandisit atipik klinik bulguları nedeniyle bazen zor tanı alan bir hastalıktır. Bu sunumda orta bağırsak nonrotasyonuna eşlik eden sol yerleşimli akut apandisit olgusunun radyolojik bulgularını sunulmuştur. Altmış üç yaşında erkek hasta iki gündür devam eden sol alt kadran ağrısı ile hastanemize başvurdu. Daha önce bilinen bir hastalığı olmayan hastanın fizik muayenes...

Left obstructive uropathy as a form of presentation of acute appendicitis in a patient with intestinal malrotation.

Left Side Appendicitis with Midgut Malrotation in an Adult

Midgut malrotation (MMR) is a congenital anomaly referring to either nonrotation or incomplete rotation of the primitive intestinal loop around the axis of the superior mesenteric artery during fetal development. Adult MMR is rare and majority of MMR in adults remains asymptomatic throughout life. The increasing use of diagnostic imaging for acute abdominal pain will lead to more incidental rec...