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Caecal appendix lipomatosis in a pregnant patient mimicking acute appendicitis

ABSTRACT A 34-years-old pregnant woman admitted in the emergency unit complaining about worsening right iliac fossa pain for 2 days. Acute appendicitis was the suspected diagnosis. Laboratory exams were ordered and results were within normal limits for infectious and inflammatory aspects. Ultrasound scan...

Hernia de Garengeot: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura

Rev. méd. Maule; 34 (2), 2019
INTRODUCTION: Femoral hernias have a high risk of strangulation or obstruction, and their acute presentations are associated with a high risk of mortality, occurring in up to 60% of cases with complications. The presence of the appendix within the femoral sac has been described in a maximum of 1% of case...

Duplicación apendicular
Appendicular duplication

Rev. cuba. cir; 50 (3), 2011
El apéndice cecal es un órgano pródigamente estudiado, debido a la gran frecuencia con que se producen inflamaciones agudas en él, no obstante, son menos conocidas las anomalías congénitas que resultan en una duplicación apendicular, por ser esta una entidad rara. Se presenta un caso de una pacien...

Caracterización de apéndice normal en tomografía computada helicoidal sin contraste: resultados preliminares
Characterization of normal appendix in helical computed tomography without contrast: preliminary results

Rev. chil. radiol; 13 (1), 2007
Abstract: The development of the US and CT has increased the request of exams to confirm or to discard the diagnosis of acute abdomen of appendicular origin. The objective of this paper is to characterize the appendix normal findings in helical unenhanced CT. 235 computed CT were reviewed. The average di...