The case-series reported the difficult differential diagnosis of RIF pain in an elderly patient due to sigmoid diverticulitis. Although it is an infrequent cause it should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of causes of pain in the RIF of patients with severe constipation.
Sigmoid diverticulitis in elderly patients. A rare cause of right iliac fossa pain / Grassi, V.; Tabola, R.; Basile, E.; Desol, A.; Polistena, A.; Sanguinetti, A.; Aveniaavenia, N.; Popivanivanov, G.; Burattini, M. F.; Cirocchi, R.; Ursi, P.. - In: MINERVA CHIRURGICA. - ISSN 0026-4733. - 73:4(2018), pp. 444-447. [10.23736/S0026-4733.18.07722-2]
Sigmoid diverticulitis in elderly patients. A rare cause of right iliac fossa pain
Polistena A.;Ursi P.
2018
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The case-series reported the difficult differential diagnosis of RIF pain in an elderly patient due to sigmoid diverticulitis. Although it is an infrequent cause it should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of causes of pain in the RIF of patients with severe constipation.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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