Left-Sided Appendicitis in a 14-Year Girl with Midgut Malrotation

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2018 Apr;28(4):317-319. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2018.04.317.

Abstract

We present a case of 14-year girl with left-sided acute appendicitis who presented with lower abdominal pain. Midgut malrotation occurs at a rate of 1 in 500 live births. The condition is incidentally diagnosed during various radiological investigations done for other purposes. However, such patients may present with conditions like acute appendicitis, which poses a diagnostic dilemma if a high index of suspicion is not kept. The purpose of this case report is to increase awareness in the emergency physicians and young surgeons of this rare presentation; and the importance of radiological investigations in the diagnosis of left-sided appendicitis, to decrease morbidity and mortality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Acute Disease
  • Appendicitis / complications*
  • Appendicitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Appendicitis / surgery
  • Appendix / diagnostic imaging
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / complications
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diverticulosis, Colonic / complications
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Volvulus / complications
  • Intestinal Volvulus / congenital
  • Intestinal Volvulus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnostic imaging*
  • Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

  • Volvulus Of Midgut