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- Title
Perforation of Ascending Colon with Tumor Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: A case report.
- Authors
Ince, Mehmet; Arslan, Erol; Kılınç, Ali; Cakar, Mustafa; Sari, Sebahattin; Yildirim, Ali Osman; Sağlam, Kenan
- Abstract
Acute abdomen may result from several diseases such as infection, ischemia, obstruction and perforation. Less frequently, diverticulitis, tumor perforation may be the reason. Ruling out acute appendicitis is mandatory in patients presenting with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. We report a 43-year-old male, suffering from right lower quadrant pain lasting for 2 days resembling acute appendicitis which has been subsequently diagnosed perforation of ascending colon with tumor via advanced images modality who had been operated emergently. Histological findings revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas for ascending colon mass and liver metastasis. If young patients with acute abdomen admitted to emergency service; appendicitis and other inflammatory diseases should be recognized as initial diagnosis. However, perforation or obstructions of malign colon tumors should be kept in mind.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of abdominal pain; APPENDICITIS diagnosis; COLON tumors; INTESTINAL perforation; STOMACH; COLON (Anatomy); ACUTE abdomen; COMPUTED tomography; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; LIVER function tests; MILITARY medicine; DIAGNOSIS; ANATOMY
- Publication
Balkan Military Medical Review, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1107-6275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5455/bmmr.39758