Appendicular Torsion

Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare condition detectable only at operation. It can be primary or secondary. This is a case report of 52-year-old female with 180° anti-clockwise rotation of the appendix. Torsion can further leads to strangulation and infarction of the organ. Appendicular tors...

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Autores principales: Dubhashi, Siddharth Pramod, Khadav, Bharat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013858
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.169820
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description Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare condition detectable only at operation. It can be primary or secondary. This is a case report of 52-year-old female with 180° anti-clockwise rotation of the appendix. Torsion can further leads to strangulation and infarction of the organ. Appendicular torsion could be included in the differential diagnosis of pain in right iliac fossa.
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spelling pubmed-47856912016-03-24 Appendicular Torsion Dubhashi, Siddharth Pramod Khadav, Bharat Niger J Surg Case Report Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare condition detectable only at operation. It can be primary or secondary. This is a case report of 52-year-old female with 180° anti-clockwise rotation of the appendix. Torsion can further leads to strangulation and infarction of the organ. Appendicular torsion could be included in the differential diagnosis of pain in right iliac fossa. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4785691/ /pubmed/27013858 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.169820 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Journal of Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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