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Title: Appendicolithiasis causing diagnostic dilemma: A rare cause of acute appendicitis (report of a case)
Other Titles: Tanısal ikileme neden olan apandikolitiyazis: Akut apandisitin nadir görülen bir sebebi (Olgu sunumu)
Authors: Teke, Z.
Kabay, Burhan
Erbiş, H.
Tuncay, Ömer Levent
Keywords: Acute appendicitis
Appendicolith
Appendicolithiasis
Urolithiasis
acute abdomen
acute appendicitis
adult
anamnesis
appendectomy
appendicolithiasis
appendix disease
article
case report
differential diagnosis
echography
emergency ward
follow up
histopathology
human
laboratory test
male
nausea
nephrolithiasis
pelvic disease
peritonitis
physical examination
radiodiagnosis
stone formation
treatment outcome
ureter
urinary tract disease
Adult
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Lithiasis
Male
Treatment Outcome
Abstract: Appendicolithiasis is a condition characterized by a concretion in the vermiform appendix. Appendicoliths are found in 10% of patients with acute appendicitis, but they are seen more frequently in perforated appendicitis and in abscess formation. We herein report a case of acute appendicitis due to appendicolithiasis, which mimics acute disorders of the genitourinary tract and causes diagnostic confusion. A 38-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a history of intense, acute, recurrent, crampy right lower quadrant pain radiating to the right groin region, accompanied by nausea. Physical examination revealed muscular defense and rebound tenderness in the right lower quadrant, tenderness in the line of the right ureter and right costovertebral angle tenderness. On X-ray examination, a right kidney stone was identified as was an incidental 3-cm density in the right lower quadrant. The patient underwent appendectomy. The diagnosis was made by operation and also X-ray examination of the appendectomy material showing appendicolithiasis. Acute appendicitis may manifest as a variety of genitourinary disorders. The possibility of an appendicolith with or without acute appendicitis must always be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute lower abdominal and pelvic disorders, and in the consideration of common acute urological disorders.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/7052
ISSN: 1306-696X
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