Left-sided appendicitis revealing a common mesentery: A Case Report

Farid Aassouani, MD; Yahya Charifi, MD; Chaymae Hajjar, MD; Nizar El Bouardi, PhD; Meryem Haloua, PhD; Badreeddine Alami, PhD; Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, PhD; Youssef Bouabdallah, PhD; Mustapha Maaroufi, PhD; Meriem Boubbou, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Oct 2022)

Left-sided appendicitis revealing a common mesentery: A Case Report

Farid Aassouani, MD,
Yahya Charifi, MD,
Chaymae Hajjar, MD,
Nizar El Bouardi, PhD,
Meryem Haloua, PhD,
Badreeddine Alami, PhD,
Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, PhD,
Youssef Bouabdallah, PhD,
Mustapha Maaroufi, PhD,
Meriem Boubbou, PhD

Affiliations

Farid Aassouani, MD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco; Corresponding author.
Yahya Charifi, MD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Chaymae Hajjar, MD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Nizar El Bouardi, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Meryem Haloua, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Badreeddine Alami, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Youssef Bouabdallah, PhD: Departement of Infantile General Surgery, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Mustapha Maaroufi, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Meriem Boubbou, PhD: Department of Radiology Mother and Child, CHU Hassan II, FEZ, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 10
pp. 3718 – 3721

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Intestinal malrotation is a congenital rotational anomaly that results of abnormal rotation of the gut, said to occur in 1 in 6000 live births. Common mesentery predisposes to volvulus of the midgut and internal hernias due to the left position of the cecum and appendix. The association of this anomaly with acute left appendicitis is rarely reported in the literature. Occurrence of acute appendicitis on common mesentery is a source of diagnosis difficulties, which may lead to a surgical management delay. We report a case of a 10-year-old boy, admitted for a left-sided iliac pain whose radiological investigations confirmed a left acute appendicitis associated with complete common mesentery. The child underwent laparoscopic surgery with simple post-operative follow-up.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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