Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (Oct 2018)

APPENDICEAL DUPLICATION PRESENTING AS ACUTE APPENDICITIS

  • Muhammad Idrees Butt,
  • Khalid Hussain,
  • Jovaria Masood

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 5
pp. 1498 – 1499

Abstract

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Anomalies of appendix are a rare and are usually discovered incidentally during surgery. A 23 year old female was operated for acute appendicitis and per operatively two appendiceal lumen were found. Appendiceal duplication should be kept in mind in patients presenting with acute appendicitis especially when appendix is found non inflamed and in cases where patient has previous history of appendicectomy and presents with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis.

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