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A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review
Congenital agenesis or absence of vermiform appendix is extremely rare. This case report entails a 25-year-old male who developed symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. Despite an extensive surgical exploration, the vermiform appendix could not be found. The postoperative investigation did not re...
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Taibah University
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31435216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.02.003 |
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| author | Shah, Tajammal A. |
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| description | Congenital agenesis or absence of vermiform appendix is extremely rare. This case report entails a 25-year-old male who developed symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. Despite an extensive surgical exploration, the vermiform appendix could not be found. The postoperative investigation did not reveal any abnormality, and the patient was diagnosed as a case of nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) and appendicular agenesis. |
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| spelling | pubmed-66949782019-08-21 A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review Shah, Tajammal A. J Taibah Univ Med Sci Case Report Congenital agenesis or absence of vermiform appendix is extremely rare. This case report entails a 25-year-old male who developed symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. Despite an extensive surgical exploration, the vermiform appendix could not be found. The postoperative investigation did not reveal any abnormality, and the patient was diagnosed as a case of nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) and appendicular agenesis. Taibah University 2016-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6694978/ /pubmed/31435216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.02.003 Text en © 2016 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Shah, Tajammal A. A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title | A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title_full | A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title_fullStr | A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title_short | A 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: A case report and literature review |
| title_sort | 25-year-old male with appendicular agenesis: a case report and literature review |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31435216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.02.003 |
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