Diverticulitis del ciego. Reporte de caso en un paciente joven

• Main Authors: Julio Domínguez-Herrera (Author), Pedro Vallejo-Casas (Author), Giancarlo Sirtori-Campo (Author), Ezio Pezzano-Molina (Author), Jesús Iglesias-Acosta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad del Norte, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diverticulitis of the cecum is a rare cause of acute abdomen. We present the case of a 20-year-old female who was admitted with signs and symptoms consistent with acute appendicitis. However, cecal diverticulitis is evidenced intra-operatively and a right colectomy is performed followed by an ileoco...