RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA MASS

CLINICAL SPECTRUM

Authors

  • Ahmed Hussain Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro
  • Syed Kashif Ali Shah Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Nawabshah
  • Naeem ul Karim Bhatti Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Nawabshah
  • Zaheer Ahmed Medeor 24 X7 Hospital, Abu Dhabi
  • Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan
  • Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2016.23.08.1668

Keywords:

Right iliac fossa mass, appendicular mass, appendicular abscess, ileocaecal tuberculosis, tuberculosis, carcinoma caecum and psoas abscess

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the frequency and clinical pattern of mass in right
iliac fossa. Study Design: Cross sectional multicenter study. Period: One year (from 03 March
2014 to 02 March 2015). Setting: Patients with right iliac fossa mass of >11 years of and of
either gender admitted in department of surgery at Liaquat university hospital Hyderabad /
Jamshoro and Peoples University Hospital Nawabshah. Patients and methods: The data was
analyzed in SPSS 16 and the frequency and percentage was calculated. Results: During one
year study period, out of 227 patients, 112 subjects were observed to have right iliac fossa mass
due to different etiologies, of which 82(73.2%) were males and 30 (26.8%) were females. The
mean age ±SD for overall population was 39.32±8.66 while it was 37.88±6.75 and 38.93±7.72
in male and female population respectively. The male population was predominant while the
patterns observed were appendicular mass in 19(17%), appendicular abscess in 26(23.21%),
ileocaecal tuberculosis in 38(34%), carcinoma caecum in 14(12.5%), psoas abscess in 5(4.46%)
and others in 10(9%) respectively. Conclusion: The highest incidence of mass in the right iliac
fossa was seen in second, third and four decades with male population predominance. The
common disorders identified were ileocaecal tuberculosis, appendicular mass and abscess
and carcinoma caecum respectively

Author Biographies

Ahmed Hussain, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Syed Kashif Ali Shah, Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Nawabshah

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Naeem ul Karim Bhatti, Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Nawabshah

Senior Registrar
Department of Surgery

Zaheer Ahmed, Medeor 24 X7 Hospital, Abu Dhabi

General Practitioner

Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan

Postgraduate Resident
Department of Medicine

Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

Department of Medicine

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Published

2016-08-10