Isolated cecal necrosis mimicking acute appendicitis: a case series
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Vol. 3 (1), 7443
- https://doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7443
Abstract
Spontaneous non-occlusive ischemic colitis involving the cecum alone (isolated cecal necrosis) is a rare condition that is generally due to a low-flow state: shock. It presents with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and may resemble acute appendicitis. Little is known about postoperative ischemic necrosis of the remaining colon after surgical treatment of isolated cecal necrosis. We report four cases of isolated cecal necrosis mimicking acute appendicitis seen at our institution within a 4-year period.Keywords
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