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Right Iliac fossa pain, one year after appendicectomy

    Author: Authors of the case history: Franco Iafrate, Maria Ciolina, Paolo Baldassari, Department of Radiological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
    Body Region: CT Colonography

    1. Patient presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient presentation

    • A 35-year-old man with a personal history of appendicectomy and a family history of colorectal
      cancer (lifetime CRC risk, 12 %) presented with recurrent pain in the right iliac fossa.

    • Conventional colonoscopy was proposed but he categorically refused.
    • The patient was referred for CT colonography.
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