Right iliac fossa mass is a common clinical presentation and has a range of differentials that need to be excluded. Radiology plays an important role in this differentiation.
Differential diagnosis
- appendicular mass
- ileocecal tuberculosis (hyperplastic type)
- intussusception
- carcinoma cecum
- tubo-ovarian mass, e.g. abscess
- undescended testis
- transplanted kidney
- ectopic kidney
- psoas abscess
- non-Hodgkin lymphoma