APPENDICEAL DUPLICATION PRESENTING AS ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Anomalies of appendix are a rare and are usually discovered incidentally during surgery. A 23 year old female was operated for acute appendicitis and per operatively two appendiceal lumen were found. Appendiceal duplication should be kept in mind in patients presenting with acute appendicitis especi...

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Autores principales: Muhammad Idrees Butt, Khalid Hussain, Jovaria Masood
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2d9dbf29d71a4918ab009a0ea3765c77
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Sumario:Anomalies of appendix are a rare and are usually discovered incidentally during surgery. A 23 year old female was operated for acute appendicitis and per operatively two appendiceal lumen were found. Appendiceal duplication should be kept in mind in patients presenting with acute appendicitis especially when appendix is found non inflamed and in cases where patient has previous history of appendicectomy and presents with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis.