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ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS OF THE CECUMA Report of Four Cases and Review of One Hundred Fifty-Three Surgical Cases
JAMES LAURIDSEN, M.D.;
FREDERICK P. ROSS, M.D.
AMA Arch Surg. 1952;64(3):320-330.
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AMONG 6,114 surgical patients admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxbury, Mass., four cases of diverticulitis of the cecum were encountered in the 18 months ending March 1, 1951. Since this disease is not common, these four cases are reported along with a brief review of the literature on this subject.
Only 149 other surgically proved cases were found after a careful search of the available literature. However, diverticulitis of the cecum may be commoner than is generally realized, and therefore the available information is worth reviewing.
REPORT OF CASES
CASE 1.
—A 23-year-old clerk entered the hospital on Aug. 23, 1949, with right lower quadrant pain of four days' duration. There had been no nausea or vomiting.
Physical examination revealed spasm, tenderness, and rebound tenderness in the right lower quadrant. The temperature was 99.6 F., peristalsis was normal, and no mass was palpable. There was high right rectal
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Author Affiliations
BOSTON
Resident in Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxbury, Mass. (Dr. Lauridsen); Chief, Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, West Roxbury, Mass., and Instructor in Surgery, Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools, Boston, Mass. (Dr. Ross).
Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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