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Caecal diverticulitis presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 08/03/09
Cole M et al. – The authors report a case of a 61 year old Caucasian who presented with acute onset right iliac fossa pain indistinguishable from acute appendicitis. The true diagnosis of a perforated acute caecal diverticulitis with an abscess mass was only made at operation in the presence of a macroscopically normal appendix.
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