A CECAL DIAPHRAGM IN CYSTIC-FIBROSIS

A right iliac fossa mass may be a difficult diagnostic problem in a pa tient with cystic fibrosis. We present a patient with such a mass who was thought to have a nonobstructing intussusception on clinical and r adiological grounds. However, at laparotomy she was found to have a pa thology not previously described in cystic fibrosis. She had a partial diaphragm almost blocking the lumen to her appendix. The differential diagnosis of a right iliac fossa mass is considered and the cause of her pathology discussed.