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Diverticulitis of the appendix, a distinctive entity: preoperative diagnosis by computed tomography

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Diverticular disease of the appendix is rare and is usually diagnosed during surgery. We report a case of a 50-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with right lower quadrant pain of 1-day duration. A preoperative diagnosis of appendiceal diverticulitis was made by computed tomography of the abdomen. The patient underwent emergency laparoscopic appendectomy, which confirmed the diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, 90 Yishun Central, Yishun, 768828, Singapore

    Manickam Subramanian, Ashish Chawla & Kabilan Chokkappan

  2. Department of General Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, 90 Yishun Central, Yishun, 768828, Singapore

    Huimin Liu

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Subramanian, M., Chawla, A., Chokkappan, K. et al. Diverticulitis of the appendix, a distinctive entity: preoperative diagnosis by computed tomography. Emerg Radiol 22, 609–612 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-015-1328-3

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