Journals / Haseki Tıp Bülteni / 2010 / Cilt: 48 - Sayı: 2

Appendicitis with atypical location owing to malrotation: A case report

Malrotasyona bağlı atipik yerleşimli Bir apandisit vakası

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Therefore, the presence of malrotation may delay the diagnosis during diagnostic work-up and may increase the morbidity.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Malrotation of the midgut (the mid-intestine) is an anomaly, which presents with an abnormal peritoneal fixation during its rotation around the superior mesenteric artery.
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Key Findings & Data:A 27-year-old male patient was admitted to our emergency service with complaints of abdominal and right shoulder pain, nausea, anorexia and vomiting.
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Conclusion & Impact:Therefore, the presence of malrotation may delay the diagnosis during diagnostic work-up and may increase the morbidity.
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Abstract

Malrotation of the midgut (the mid-intestine) is an anomaly, which presents with an abnormal peritoneal fixation during its rotation around the superior mesenteric artery. A 27-year-old male patient was admitted to our emergency service with complaints of abdominal and right shoulder pain, nausea, anorexia and vomiting. Rebound tenderness in the right upper and lower abdominal quadrants along with right costovertebral angle tenderness were detected on physical examination. Radiologic signs consistent with perforated appendicitis were detected by abdominal computed tomography. The patient was operated with a diagnosis of perforated appendicitis on the second day of hospitalization; he underwent appendectomy with drainage of the abscess. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the third postoperative day without any complication. In the present case, acute appendicitis with a concomitant intestinal malrotation, which is rarely symptomatic in adults, is discussed according to the findings of imaging modalities. The patient, who reached maturity without having any symptoms of malrotation, presented with different clinical picture because of the atypical localization of the cecum. Therefore, the presence of malrotation may delay the diagnosis during diagnostic work-up and may increase the morbidity.

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Malrotasyon, orta bağırsak olarak adlandırabileceğimiz "mid-gut"ın superior mezenterik arter çevresinde dönerken oluşan ve periton duvarına anormal fiksasyonla sonlanan anomalisidir. Yirmi yedi yaşında erkek hasta acil servisimize karın ve sağ omuz ağrısı, iştahsızlık, bulantı-kusma şikayetleri ile başvurdu. Fizik muayenesinde sağ üst ve alt kadranlarda hassasiyet, sağ kostovertebral açı hassasiyeti tespit edildi. Abdominal batın tomografisinde perfore apandisitle uyumlu radyolojik bulgular mevcuttu. Hastaneye yatışının ikinci gününde operasyona alınan hastada perfore apandisit saptandı. Hasta apendektomi ve apse drenajını takiben ameliyat sonrası üçüncü gününde herhangi bir komplikasyon gelişmeden taburcu edildi. Sunduğumuz vakada erişkinlerde nadir olarak semptom veren intestinal malrotasyonlu bir olguda akut apandisit; tanı ve görüntüleme bulguları ile birlikte tartışılmıştır. Malro-tasyonu semptom vermeden erişkin çağa ulaşan hastanın atipik yerleşmiş çekum nedeni ile apandisit klinik tablosu farklı gelişmiştir. Tetkik aşamasında malrotasyon varlığı, klinik tanıyı geciktirerek morbiditeyi artırabilmektedir.

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ÖZER, E., KOCAKUŞAK, A., AVŞAR, Ü., AKINCI, M., CABIOĞLU, N. (2010). Appendicitis with atypical location owing to malrotation: A case report. Haseki Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 48 - Sayı: 2, 89–91. https://ajindex.com/articles/268051

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