22Jan 2018

A RARE CASE OF PERFORATED LEFT UPPER QUADRANT APPENDICITIS.

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Although it is the most common cause of acute abdomen in adults, acute appendicitis can present variably. Acute appendicitis causing left upper quadrant abdominal pain is an extremely uncommon event. The authors report a case of generalized abdominal and left upper quadrant pain in a 25-year-old male, where subsequent imaging was directed to exclude common causes of left upper quadrant abdominal pain. Upon further investigations which included abdomen-computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound imaging, a perforated left upper quadrant acute appendix was discovered. This case illustrates an instance of unusual presentation of acute appendicitis.

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[Dr. Rayan M. Alabduljabbar and Dr. Hossain A. Abu AlOla. (2018); A RARE CASE OF PERFORATED LEFT UPPER QUADRANT APPENDICITIS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jan). 1317-1319] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Rayan M. Alabduljabbar
king Fahd University hospital, Radiology department

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6353      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6353

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