[Appendicular diverticulitis: a review of 5 cases]. / Diverticulitis apendicular: revisión de cinco casos.

Of a total of 3,669 appendectomies, five corresponded to appendicular diverticulosis (0.13%), all of which had an inflammatory pathology. Four patients underwent emergency surgery with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis, and in only one was a correct preoperative diagnosis made. There were three cases of acute primary diverticulitis and one appendicitis with secondary diverticular affectacion. Another patient was operated electively for a history of long evolution; during the surgical act an appendicular inflammatory mass was found that the pathological report described as diverticulitis with subacute periappendicitis. Certain aspects of this entity are remarked and the bibliography is reviewed.