Appendiceal duplication: a new case
Triki, W.; Itaimi, A.; Abbassi, I.; Baraket, O.; Bouchoucha, S.
La Tunisie Medicale 95(4): 304-306
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4131 PMID: 29492937 Document Number: 693869
Duplication of the vermiform appendix is a rare malformation. Few than 100 cases have been reported worldwide. It is usually diagnosed incidentally during emergency appendectomies due to inflammatory processes in the cecal appendix. We report a case of a woman presented with clinical features typical of acute appendicitis and surgical exploration revealed a double appendix. The operating surgeon should be vigilant of these rare anomalies to avoid serious clinical and medico legal consequences.
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