Clinical Presentation of Acute Appendicitis in Patients With Agenesis of the Vermiform Appendix

Abstract

This article analyzes 10 cases of agenesis of the vermiform appendix with clinical presentation of acute appendicitis. Given that this pathology occurs in 1 of 100000 surgical interventions for acute appendicitis according to the literature, it can be assumed that this number of observations was based on the analysis of the results of 1 million interventions.The article reports clinical (including intraoperative), laboratory, and imaging findings and gives recommendations for detection of agenesis of the vermiform appendix and treatment of abdominal pain syndrome.

Keywords

• acute appendicitis
• agenesis of the vermiform appendix