Vincent MV, Doyle A, Bernstein S, Jackman S. Absence of the appendix discovered during childhood.
SPRINGERPLUS 2014;
3:522. [PMID:
25279313 PMCID:
PMC4166596 DOI:
10.1186/2193-1801-3-522]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
Abstract
Absence of the appendix is rare. Isolated cases are usually discovered in adult patients or cadavers. We report the case of a 14 year old boy who was found to have no appendix on laparotomy for assumed acute appendicitis and use this opportunity to highlight the growing surgical uses of this vestigial structure.
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