Open AccessA rare case of right lower quadrant pain
Author(s) -
Eduardo Teiga,
Aleksandar Radosevic,
Juan F. Sánchez,
Marcos Busto,
Guadalupe Aguilar,
José María Maiques,
Daniel Flores,
Ander Zugazaga,
Javier Gimeno Beltrán,
Fernando Bazán
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20170024
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , presentation (obstetrics) , pelvic pain , quadrant (abdomen) , appendix , endometriosis , abdominal pain , pathological , lower abdominal pain , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , radiological weapon , surgery , radiology , gynecology , pathology , paleontology , biology
Endometriosis of the appendix is a very rare entity and commonly affects females in childbearing age. Clinical presentation might be confusing varying from asymptomatic to acute abdominal pain and often mimicks acute appendicitis or chronic pelvic pain. Diagnosis is generally made after pathological examination as operative findings are usually non-specific. This condition poses a diagnostic challenge to radiologists and surgeons altogether and we therefore report a case of a middle aged female who presented with both right lower quadrant and right lower back pain. Recent literature is reviewed and radiological findings discussed.