Ileo-Cecal Lipomatosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis Complicated with Appendicular Abscess: A Case Report

Eman Ibrahim Abdalla Osman; Mohammed Latif Elsayed; Premila Samuel; Khadija Ben Amor; Turki Faheem Alshammari

doi:10.12659/AJCR.946215

27 March 2025 : Case report Saudi Arabia

Ileo-Cecal Lipomatosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis Complicated with Appendicular Abscess: A Case Report

Mistake in diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease

Eman Ibrahim Abdalla Osman

^1ABCDEFG*, Mohammed Latif Elsayed^1BDG, Premila Samuel^1BEFG, Khadija Ben Amor^1B, Turki Faheem Alshammari^1ABCDFG

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.946215

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e946215

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Figure 1. Abdominal CT with intravenous and oral contrast showing features suggestive of an inflammatory process in the right iliac fossa. (A) Axial preoperative computed tomography (CT) scan showing an ileocecal mass (arrow). (B) Sagittal CT view demonstrating the ileocecal mass (arrow). (C) Coronal CT view illustrating the extent of the mass and its infiltration (arrow).

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Ileo-Cecal Lipomatosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis Complicated with Appendicular Abscess: A Case Report

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