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Although the pathogenesis and natural course of appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) are different from acute appendicitis, AD is treated like acute appendicitis because of similar clinical manifestations and low incidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We describe cases of two male patients of different ages who respectively underwent elective laparoscopic appendectomy and an emergent laparoscopic appendectomy in a multi-speciality hospital in Kerala, India. Both of them had acute appendicitis, as confirmed by imaging and laboratory testing. Subsequent histopathological examination revealed AD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>AD is an uncommon but potentially more serious form of appendiceal disease that can mimic acute appendicitis or malignancy. The first patient mimicked a malignancy with the mass presentation, while the second case presented like appendicitis. Unlike colonic diverticula, AD diverticula are typically not detectable by imaging or colonoscopy, which poses a diagnostic challenge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In patients who present with lower abdominal pain or who may have appendicitis, AD should be considered as a differential diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2024.109563","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,19]],"date-time":"2024-03-19T04:13:55Z","timestamp":1710821635000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A case report on appendicular diverticulitis: Eluding traditional diagnosis"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"117","author":[{"given":"Midhun","family":"Mathew","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road Dublin 9, Ireland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed Fajar","family":"Al Sadiq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala 689103, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vinod Gopalkrishna","family":"Pillai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala 689103, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"R2-96-20260423","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"890","DOI":"10.4065\/74.9.890","article-title":"Appendiceal diverticulitis","volume":"74","author":"Phillips,","year":"1999","journal-title":"Mayo Clin. 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