Torsion of cecal appendix. Report of the first Italian case and review of the literature
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2021 In pediatric patients appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain and surgery. Torsion of vermiform appendix is a rare cause, clinically indistinguishable from appendicitis with usually an intraoperative diagnosis.
Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza +2 more
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Primary torsion of the vermiform appendix and undescended cecum treated by video-assisted transumbilical appendectomy [PDF]
, 2009 Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare cause of appendicitis that is clinically indistinguishable from the classical presentation. In this paper, we present the first report in the literature of an appendicular torsion as- sociated with an ...
Abrego Moya, Valdemar +2 more
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First case of a vermiform appendix duplication type A volvulus: A very rare cause of acute abdomen
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2015 The duplication of the vermiform appendix is a rare anatomical variant. Most of the cases reported with symptomatology of appendicitis and the finding of a duplication of vermiform appendix.
Gustavo H. Peniche González +4 more
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Detection of inflammation- and neoplasia-associated alterations in human large intestine using plant/invertebrate lectins, galectin-1 and neoglycoproteins [PDF]
, 1998 Commonly, plant and invertebrate lectins are accepted glycohistochemical tools for the analysis of normal and altered structures of glycans in histology and pathology.
Bosbach, R. +3 more
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Lengths and Positions of the Vermiform Appendix among Sudanese Cadavers
AIMS Medical Science, 2015 Background/objective: The anatomy of vermiform appendix displays great variations in length and position between different populations. The reports relating these variations to a specific etiological factor are few.
Ehab I. El-Amin +4 more
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FGFR2 amplification in colorectal adenocarcinoma [PDF]
, 2017 FGFR2 is recurrently amplified in 5% of gastric cancers and 1%–4% of breast cancers; however, this molecular alteration has never been reported in a primary colorectal cancer specimen.
Carter, Jamal H +6 more
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Complete invagination of the vermiform appendix of the cecum – a rare case in surgical practice
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2021 An extremely rare case of complete invagination of the vermiform appendix in a 45-year-old female patient caused by endometriosis is presented. Difficulties of preoperative diagnostics and determination of treatment tactics in the absence of specific ...
B. V. Sigua +5 more
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Surgery of the Vermiform Appendix [PDF]
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1977 Though this article discusses the complications of surgery of the vermiform appendix, it is fair to say that an unnecessary operation is in itself a complication that is to be avoided whenever possible. The incidence of negative surgical exploration for acute appendicitis varies from 18 to 42 per cent in most large series.
J H, Mason, M P, Byrne, F C, Gau
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Acute torsion and ischemia of the appendix in a young child
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2018 Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare diagnosis; its clinical and radiographic presentation can mimic that of acute appendicitis. We report the case of a two-year-old boy presenting with a one day history of lower abdominal pain and serial ...
Dhruvin H. Hirpara, Georges Azzie
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Left-sided Amyand's hernia in an infant with bilateral inguinal hernia
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Amyand's hernia is defined as inguinal hernia in which vermiform appendix is contained in the hernia sac. It is predominantly found on right side due to the anatomical position of the vermiform appendix and left-sided Amyand's hernia is extremely rare ...
Tomohiro Kurahachi +11 more
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