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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct-Dec;21(4):199-201.
doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.186555.

Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon's dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis

Bikasha Bihary Tripathy  1
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Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon's dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis

Bikasha Bihary Tripathy. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2016 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Congenital absence of the vermiform appendix is very rare in human beings with a reported incidence of 1 in 100,000 cases. Here, we report an incidence of a surgeon's dilemma to detect such a rare finding during surgery for a diagnosed case of acute appendicitis.

Keywords: Acute appendicitis; congenital absence of appendix; vermiform appendix.

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Convergence of teniae coli: Absence of appendix
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Mobilization of cecum: Paracecal lymph nodes
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