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To H, Stella DL, Chandra R. Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon-can computer tomography differentiate them?. J Surg Case Rep. 2017;2017(2):rjx006doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx006.
To, H., Stella, D. L., & Chandra, R. (2017). Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon-can computer tomography differentiate them?. Journal of surgical case reports, 2017(2), rjx006. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx006
To, Henry, et al. "Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon-can computer tomography differentiate them?." Journal of surgical case reports vol. 2017,2 (2017): rjx006. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx006
To H, Stella DL, Chandra R. Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon-can computer tomography differentiate them?. J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Feb 03;2017(2):rjx006. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx006. eCollection 2017 Feb. PMID: 28458817; PMCID: PMC5400485.
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J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Feb 03;2017(2):rjx006. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx006. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Infiltrating caecal carcinoma versus appendicitis with caecal phlegmon-can computer tomography differentiate them?.

Journal of surgical case reports

Henry To, Damien L Stella, Raaj Chandra

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Level 2, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
  2. Department of Radiology, Level 1, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

PMID: 28458817 PMCID: PMC5400485 DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjx006

Abstract

Right iliac fossa pain is a common acute general surgery presentation, and computer tomography (CT) is often used as an aid in determining the diagnosis. CT can play an important role in differentiating malignant and inflammatory causes of caecal wall thickening if certain key features are identified. Two patients with similar presentations of right iliac fossa pain had pre-operative CT, which showed inflammation and caecal thickening, the first was focal with homogenous enhancement, and the second eccentric with stratification. At operation, these were proven to be malignant and inflammatory caecal thickening. Although the clinical presentation of appendicitis and caecal carcinoma may be similar, and the correct recognition and interpretation of differentiating CT characteristics enables the patient for an appropriately tailored operation.

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