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A laparoscopic hemicolectomy was performed after a surgical consensus considering the neoplastic appearance of the lesion and anatomical feature. Histopathology finally revealed an appendiceal diverticulitis.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Appendiceal diverticulum is a rare condition. Most will lead to an appendiceal diverticulitis, which present similarly to an appendicitis. Perforation rate and mortality rate are much higher in appendiceal diverticulitis than in appendicitis. Furthermore, appendiceal diverticular disease is strongly associated with neoplasms, especially mucinous neoplasms and thus pseudomyxoma peritonei.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Considering the high complication rate and malignant association, an appendicectomy in case of an appendiceal diverticulitis or of an incidental finding of appendiceal diverticulosis should be recommended to the patient.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jscr\/rjab488","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,10]],"date-time":"2021-10-10T11:06:48Z","timestamp":1633864008000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Diverticulitis of the appendix\u2014case report and literature review"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"2021","author":[{"given":"Kristopher","family":"Bujold-Pitre","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2325 rue de l\u2019Universit\u00e9, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olivier","family":"Mailloux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, 2325 rue de l\u2019Universit\u00e9, Qu\u00e9bec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, CISSS C\u00f4te-Nord H\u00f4pital Le Royer, 635 boul Jolliet, Baie-Comeau, QC G5C 1P1, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2017.06.064","article-title":"Unexpected histopathology of acute appendicitis","volume":"38","author":"Ur Rehman","year":"2017","journal-title":"Int J Surg Case Rep"},{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"231","DOI":"10.1177\/1066896909332728","article-title":"Diverticulosis and diverticulitis of the appendix","volume":"17","author":"Abdull Gaffar","year":"2009","journal-title":"Int J Surg Pathol"},{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1871","DOI":"10.1111\/ans.15811","article-title":"Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between diverticulosis of the appendix and neoplasia","volume":"90","author":"Lim","year":"2020","journal-title":"ANZ J Surg"},{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"384","DOI":"10.1016\/j.annpat.2012.09.005","article-title":"Une l\u00e9sion appendiculaire inhabituelle","volume":"32","author":"Charlier","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann Pathol"},{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref5","first-page":"13","article-title":"Diverticular disease of the appendix","volume":"168","author":"Lipton","year":"1989","journal-title":"Surg Gynecol Obstet"},{"key":"2021103110030737100_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1515","DOI":"10.1097\/PAS.0b013e3181abe31b","article-title":"Ruptured Appendiceal diverticula mimicking low-grade Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms","volume":"33","author":"Hsu","year":"2009","journal-title":"Am J Surg Pathol"}],"container-title":["Journal of Surgical Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jscr\/article-pdf\/2021\/10\/rjab488\/40857367\/rjab488.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jscr\/article-pdf\/2021\/10\/rjab488\/40857367\/rjab488.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,31]],"date-time":"2021-10-31T10:07:12Z","timestamp":1635674832000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jscr\/article\/doi\/10.1093\/jscr\/rjab488\/6410451"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"references-count":6,"journal-issue":{"issue":"10","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jscr\/rjab488","relation":{},"ISSN":["2042-8812"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2042-8812","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published-other":{"date-parts":[[2021,10]]},"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"article-number":"rjab488"}}