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An unusual presentation of appendicitis: a 23 cm long appendix in Morocco

The appendix is a diverticulum attached to the caecum. It can have variable lengths and locations. Acute inflammation from long appendix is a diagnostic challenge with unusual signs and symptoms. A 35 years old man admitted to the emergency department for an acute abdominal pain with low-grade fever...

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Autores principales: Laraqui, Hicham, Lamgari, Mohamed, Essarghini, Mohamed, Zentar, Aziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223363
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.72.18151
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author Laraqui, Hicham
Lamgari, Mohamed
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description The appendix is a diverticulum attached to the caecum. It can have variable lengths and locations. Acute inflammation from long appendix is a diagnostic challenge with unusual signs and symptoms. A 35 years old man admitted to the emergency department for an acute abdominal pain with low-grade fever which had been present for 03 days. The abdomen Ultrasound showed minimal effusion in the right iliac fossa. He underwent an appendicectomy which revealed a very long appendix (23 cm in length) with tip reaching the sub hepatic area. The surgeon must kip in mind all anatomical variations of the appendix for making diagnosis and decisison to operate acute appendicitis because the increasing risk of morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-65609692019-06-20 An unusual presentation of appendicitis: a 23 cm long appendix in Morocco Laraqui, Hicham Lamgari, Mohamed Essarghini, Mohamed Zentar, Aziz Pan Afr Med J Case Report The appendix is a diverticulum attached to the caecum. It can have variable lengths and locations. Acute inflammation from long appendix is a diagnostic challenge with unusual signs and symptoms. A 35 years old man admitted to the emergency department for an acute abdominal pain with low-grade fever which had been present for 03 days. The abdomen Ultrasound showed minimal effusion in the right iliac fossa. He underwent an appendicectomy which revealed a very long appendix (23 cm in length) with tip reaching the sub hepatic area. The surgeon must kip in mind all anatomical variations of the appendix for making diagnosis and decisison to operate acute appendicitis because the increasing risk of morbidity. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6560969/ /pubmed/31223363 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.72.18151 Text en © Hicham Laraqui et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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