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A 34-years-old pregnant woman admitted in the emergency unit complaining about worsening right iliac fossa pain for 2 days. Acute appendicitis was the suspected diagnosis. Laboratory exams were ordered and results were within normal limits for infectious and inflammatory aspects. Ultrasound scan revealed a pregnancy in course without alterations and a thickness of the appendix wall without inflammatory signs in the surrounding tissue. Because the suspicion of acute appendicitis remained, a magnetic resonance was done and confirmed the diagnosis of a cecal appendix lipomatosis.
Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis
SanchesLP, Rahal JúniorA, FalsarellaPM, CarvalhoVO, ValleLGM, Francisco NetoMJ, GarciaRG, et al. Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis. Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2020;18:eRC5415. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC5415
Sanches,Laura Pereira; Rahal Júnior,Antônio; Falsarella,Priscila Mina; Carvalho,Vithor de Oliveira; Valle,Leonardo Guedes Moreira; Francisco Neto,Miguel José; Garcia,Rodrigo Gobbo; Funari,Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão. Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis. Einstein (Sao Paulo)., v. 18, eRC5415, Nov. 2020. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC5415
Sanches,L.P., Rahal Júnior,A., Falsarella,P.M., Carvalho,V.O., Valle,L.G.M., Francisco Neto,M.J., Garcia,R.G., & Funari,M.B.G. (2020). Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis. Einstein (Sao Paulo).,18, eRC5415. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC5415
Sanches,Laura Pereira and Rahal Júnior,Antônio and Falsarella,Priscila Mina and Carvalho,Vithor de Oliveira and Valle,Leonardo Guedes Moreira and Francisco Neto,Miguel José and Garcia,Rodrigo Gobbo and Funari,Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão. Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis. Einstein (Sao Paulo). [online]. 2020, vol. 18, [cited 2025-09-06], eRC5415. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/article/caecal-appendix-lipomatosis-in-a-pregnant-patient-mimicking-acute-appendicitis/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RC5415
Figure 2. Caecal appendix with thicker wall identified in the ultrasonography