Appendicitis Mimicking Orchitis-A Case Report

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Bertrand Ng Subramanian Pradeep

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Bertrand Ng
General Surgical Department, Hervey Bay Hospital, Associate Lecturer University of Queensland, Australia

A B S T R A C T

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common emergency surgical procedure, yet atypical presentation sometimes can be challenging for clinician. I present a case of 19-year-old gentleman that initially presented with 1day history of bilateral testicular pain and lower abdominal pain. His past history includes a positive sexual history. Initial ultrasound of the testis showed bilateral orchitis and an equivocal appendix. With a significantly raised inflammatory marker and highly suspicious for appendicitis, a CT scan was obtained which showed perforated appendicitis and the patient underwent laparoscopic appendicectomy with resolution of symptoms after that. We encourage clinician to be aware of this clinical pitfall as patient can sometimes be managed in other department to minimise any delayed diagnosis or any unnecessary procedure

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Tue 20, Aug 2019
Accepted: Mon 09, Sep 2019
Published: Fri 27, Sep 2019

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© 2023 Bertrand Ng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GSCR.2019.01.02