Megaloappendix: A Case Report

Abdel Hady A. Samaha; Ayman S. Tawfik; Tariq O. Abbas; Ashraf Abdelhamid

doi:10.1155/2011/729304

Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2011)

Megaloappendix: A Case Report

Abdel Hady A. Samaha,
Ayman S. Tawfik,
Tariq O. Abbas,
Ashraf Abdelhamid

Affiliations

Abdel Hady A. Samaha: Pediatric Surgery Department, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
Ayman S. Tawfik: Pediatric Surgery Department, Al-Azhar Univeristy, Egypt
Tariq O. Abbas: Pediatric Surgery Department, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
Ashraf Abdelhamid: Pediatric Surgery Department, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/729304
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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The vermiform appendix is an organ that can have variable sizes, locations as well as functional potentials. We describe here the longest and largest appendix removed measuring about 55 cm in length.

Published in Case Reports in Surgery

ISSN: 2090-6900 (Print); 2090-6919 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4629

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