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  • Title: Sonographic findings of acute appendiceal diverticulitis.
    Author: Kubota T, Omori T, Yamamoto J, Nagai M, Tamaki S, Sasaki K.
    Journal: World J Gastroenterol; 2006 Jul 07; 12(25):4104-5. PubMed ID: 16810772.
    Abstract:
    Preoperative images of acute appendiceal diverticulitis are rarely reported because of the difficulty of distinguishing appendiceal diverticulitis from other ileocecal diseases like acute appendicitis or cecal diverticulitis. We report a case of preoperatively diagnosed acute appendiceal diverticulitis. A 30-year-old female with a presumptive diagnosis of acute appendicitis from history and physical examination was admitted to our hospital. Ultrasound sonography showed inflamed appendiceal diverticula and inflammatory changes of the surrounding tissue. The swollen appendix was detected but its findings were slightly different from those of typical acute appendicitis in the following points. One difference was the thickened wall of the appendix, the other difference was the presence of air in the appendix. The patient underwent appendectomy and the pathological specimen revealed inflammatory changes of diverticula within the appendix.
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