Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: June | Volume: 11 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 197-199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210631
A Rare Case of Isolated Cecal Necrosis
Challa Sravani1, Madhura M Killedar2
1Junior Resident 3, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
2Professor, General Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author: Challa Sravani
ABSTRACT
Isolated cecal necrosis is a rare abdominal condition. Usually presents as acute appendicitis clinically. Mostly occurring in older patients with cardiac and renal comorbidities. Anatomical abnormality of cecal blood supply is usually observed. Diagnosis is difficult preoperatively without high degree of suspicion. Any delay in diagnosis can lead to fatal complication.
Key words: isolated cecal necrosis, ischemic colitis, acute appendicitis.