Admitted to the hospital with clinical signs of an appendicitis.
In the first case, because there were signs of an inflammation in the right lower abdomen the surgeon decided to operate although the radiologist advised to do an MRI or a CT scan because he thought it was a cecal or right sided diverticulitis and not an appendicitis At operation it proved not to be an appendicitis but a cecal diverticulitis.
The second patient did have an appendicitis with a cecitis The appendix was short and had perforated.
Not everery inflammation in the right lower abdomen is an appendicitis. Beware of other pathology. If the surgeon had believed the radiologist or had requested an adjuvant CT scan or MRI the first patient would possibly not have been operated