An exceptional cause of left lower quadrant abdominal pain  

作　　者：Bassam Abboud Ronald Daher 

机构地区：[1]Department of General Surgery, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital,Boulevard Alfred Naccache, Beirut 16-6830, Lebanon

出　　处：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》2009年第27期3451-3451,共1页世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Acute appendidtis is an exceptional cause of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Computed tomography scan is the key to its diagnosis and helps to establish its early treatment. We present a case of a 35-year-old male patient who presented acute appendicitis with redundant and loosely attached cecum which was diagnosed based on his left lower quadrant abdominal pain.Acute appendicitis is an exceptional cause of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Computed tomography scan is the key to its diagnosis and helps to establish its early treatment. We present a case of a 35-year-old male patient who presented acute appendicitis with redundant and loosely attached cecum which was diagnosed based on his left lower quadrant abdominal pain.

关 键 词：Abdominal pain Left lower quadrant APPENDICITIS CECUM Computed tomography scan SURGERY 

分 类 号：R656.8[医药卫生—外科学]