作者
Grigorios Christodoulidis, Dimitrios Symeonidis, Michail Spyridakis, Georgios Koukoulis, Anastasios Manolakis, Georgios Triantafylidis, Konstantinos Tepetes
发表日期
2012/1/1
期刊
International journal of surgery case reports
卷号
3
期号
11
页码范围
559-562
出版商
Elsevier
简介
INTRODUCTION
Double appendix represents an extremely rare and commonly “missed” diagnosis, often with life threatening consequences.
PRESENTATION OF CASE
In this case report we present an interesting case of operative treatment of acute appendicitis in a doubled vermiform appendix stemming operative pitfalls. A 23-year-old female was admitted to the emergency room department complaining of diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting over the past 36h. As soon as the diagnosis of acute appendicitis was established a laparotomy via a McBurney incision was decided. Intraoperative findings included the presence of mild quantity of free fluid and surprisingly a thin non-inflamed appendiceal process. It was the preoperative ultrasound findings suggestive of acute appendicitis that dictated a more thorough investigation of the lower abdomen that led to the discovery of a second retrocecal inflamed …
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