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Yellow arrow: Periceceal free pelvic fluid, cecal inflammation; red arrow: Right lower quadrant with a dilated tubular structure (stump appendicitis).
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F1
C-reactive protein (CRP) was in normal reference ranges. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) scan of abdomen and pelvis showed pericecal free pelvic fluid, cecal inflammation and inflammatory changes in the RLQ with a dilated tubular structure extending from the base of the cecum (Figure 1).
On surface epithelium ulceration, all the layers of appendix wall leukocyte infiltration (Hematoxylin and Eosin x100).
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F2
Histopathological examination confirmed stump appendix 5 cm in size with features of local peritonitis (Figure 2).