Yersiniosis can produce acute right lower quadrant pain that closely resembles appendicitis. Both the clinical presentation and imaging findings may be indistinguishable between true appendicitis and Yersinia-related pseudoappendicitis, creating a direct diagnostic and management challenge at the time of initial evaluation.
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms13051133
Surgical exploration (appendicitis and pseudoappendicitis are difficult to distinguish based on clinical symptoms or imaging studies)