Abstract
Despite the results of technological progress in medicine, which has made high-resolution methods of medical imaging available, the problem of differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis does not lose its’ relevance. This can be explained by the fact that the symptoms of acute appendicitis are variable, non-specific, and can mimic other diseases with similar symptoms.Three cases of rare diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that simulates acute appendicitis were presented. Those are primary torsion of the greater omentum with necrosis, caecum cancer with lengthy necrosis in a young patient and Crohn's disease that simulates appendicular infiltrate. All patients underwent surgery. Signs of acute appendicitis were indications for surgery. Laparoscopic resection of greater omentum was performed in the first case. In the second case caecum necrosis with peritonitis was revealed by laparoscopy. Conversion laparoscopy to laparotomy was performed. Caecum necrosis with caecum wall perforation and necrosis of terminal part of the ileum was diagnosed. right hemicolectomy with ileo-transverso anastomosis was carried out. Complicated case of Crohn’s disease was suspected. Nevertheless, the diagnosis of colorectal cancer is established by pathomorphology only. This case is interesting because of rare complication of colon cancer – the caecum and the ileum wall necrosis that was manifestation of the disease. In the third case of Crohn’s disease in a young patient the diagnosis of appendicular infiltrate and surgical policy were wrong. At the first laparotomy by McBurney was performed. A dense infiltrate was found in the right iliac fossa. The intervention was finished by local abdominal package. In the early postoperative period an intestinal fistula was formed. The patient underwent relaparotomy and right hemicolectomy with ileo-transversal anastomosis was carried out. Despite the diagnosis of Crohn's disease was questionable patomorphology and was established after half a year only by colonoscopy. The presented cases illustrate the complexity of acute appendicitis and the importance of modern approaches to diagnosis: irreplaceability of laparoscopy and the feasibility of using diagnostic scales. When the right diagnosis is not clear the intervention might be late for using methods of instrumental diagnostics.
Highlights
Исследования и практика в медицине 2021, т. 8, No3, с. 133-139 Л.А.Отдельнов*, А.М.Мастюкова / Трудные случаи дифференциальной диагностики острого аппендицита
Из-за использования «традиционного» доступа по Мак- Бурнею правильный диагноз мог быть не установлен при первичной операции, а прогрессирование болевого синдрома в послеоперационном периоде могло потребовать повторного вмешательства
В тех случаях, когда диагноз острого аппендицита сомнителен, операция может быть отсрочена в пользу проведения высокоинформативной инструментальной диагностики для уточнения диагноза
Summary
Исследования и практика в медицине 2021, т. 8, No3, с. 133-139 Л.А.Отдельнов*, А.М.Мастюкова / Трудные случаи дифференциальной диагностики острого аппендицита. For citation Otdelnov L.A., Mastyukova A.M. Difficult cases of differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis. 133-139 Л.А.Отдельнов*, А.М.Мастюкова / Трудные случаи дифференциальной диагностики острого аппендицита Что в брюшной полости выпота нет, червеобразный отросток не изменен. Что в брюшной полости около 100 мл гнойного выпота, петли кишечника дилатированы до 3 см с наложениями фибрина.
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