Solitary caecal diverticulitis. Recognition and management.

摘要: Nine cases of solitary caecal diverticulitis treated in Kuwait are presented and the literature is reviewed. The preoperative diagnosis was acute appendicitis all cases, but detected during surgical exploration histologically confirmed. management seven simple excision diverticulum with closure resultant defect or invagination mucosal bulge suture colonic wall. Right hemicolectomy performed two because gangrenous patches wall suspicion carcinoma. Recognition requires considerable experience, especially order to avoid more radical procedures such as right hemicolectomy. Solitary does not seem occur indigenous people Kuwait. All nine patients were other nationalities, including five from countries Far East.