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• TITLE: Mesenteric Adenitis as a Differential Appendicitis Diagnosis: Case Report

  AUTHORS: Vinícius Moreira Paladino, Thiago Sande Miguel, Bruna Sande Miguel, Marcia Machado Galvão Pereira, Fernando Antonio Galvão Pereira Junior, Carolina Galvão Teixeira, Caroline Guida Babinski, Naryrton Kalys Cruz dos Anjos, Daniel Almeida da Costa, Débora Trindade Martins, Bruno Fonseca dos Santos

  KEYWORDS: Mesenteric Adenitis, Appendicitis, Case Report

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.6 No.3, March 14, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Mesenteric adenitis consists of an important differential diagnosis of potentially serious diseases such as acute appendicitis, since they manifest themselves with a similar clinical picture. Case report: A 17-year-old male patient presented with periumbilical abdominal pain for 2 days, of abrupt onset and moderate intensity, who gave away with a common analgesic, which progressed to the right iliac fossa (RIF) and increased of intensity. He also reported liquid diarrhea, with several episodes a day, without mucus and/or blood, 38°C fever, anorexia and vomiting. He was hospitalized for investigating a possible diagnostic of Acute Appendicitis. In the exams, it was considered mesenteric adenitis, and antibiotic therapy was prescribed. The patient had complete improvement at the end of treatment. Conclusions: Given its importance as a differential diagnosis of numerous pathologies, as well as controversial before the therapeutic and diagnostic conduct, it is essential to report these cases in order to elucidate the specificities of this disease.