Cecal diverticulitis: a report of three cases

ABSTRACT

Three patients, all over 30 years old, had acute isolated cecal diverticulitis. The preoperative diagnosis was acute appendicitis in all cases. The intraoperative diagnosis was cecal diverticulitis in one case and carcinoma in the other two. All three patients had right hemicolectomy. The pathological diagnosis in all three cases was isolated cecal diverticulitis. The purpose of this presentation is to focus on the clinical and operative findings in this condition which closely mimics acute appendicitis clinically and cecal carcinoma at operation. The relative rarity of the condition prompts cases to be reported for further characterization so as to avoid an unnecessary hemicolectomy