Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic appendicitis is a condition unfamiliar to many physicians and is often referred to as a controversial diagnosis. This can give rise to diagnostic delay.
CASE PRESENTATION: We present two cases of chronic appendicitis: a Caucasian female aged 21 years and a Caucasian male aged 34 years. The patients had different clinical presentations, which led the initial investigations in very different directions-tropical infectious disease and possible malignancy, respectively. In both cases, radiological imaging was the key investigation leading to the final surprising diagnosis.
CONCLUSION: With these two case stories, we wish to draw attention to chronic appendicitis as a possible differential diagnosis in younger patients with chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, particularly if the pain is located in the lower abdomen and is accompanied by fever.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 51 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 1752-1947 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Feb 2022 |
Keywords
- Abdomen
- Abdominal Pain/diagnosis
- Adult
- Appendicitis/diagnostic imaging
- Chronic Disease
- Delayed Diagnosis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Young Adult
- Chronic appendicitis
- Radiologic imaging
- Case report
- Recurrent abdominal pain