A Rare Appendiceal Anomaly: Agenesis of the Vermiform Appendix

Year 2017, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 37 - 40, 24.04.2017

Oktay Aydın , Gülçin Aydın Eyüp Pircanoğlu Serdar Civelek Faruk Pehlivanlıoğlu Gökhan Karaca

https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.307986

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Agenesis
of the appendix vermiformis is quite rare. Its incidence is approximately 1 in
100.000 cases and is a condition that is encountered incidentally in cases
suspected to be appendicitis. Here, a case of a 24 year-old woman with agenesis
of appendix vermiformis who was taken to the operating room with the diagnosis
of acute abdomen is presented. 

Keywords

Appendiceal anomaly, agenesis of the vermiform appendix, acute abdomen

APENDİKSİN NADİR BİR ANOMALİSİ: APENDİKS VERMİFORMİS AGENEZİSİ

Abstract

Apendiks
vermiformis agenezisi oldukça nadirdir. Apandisit açısından kuşkulanılan
vakalarda tesadüfi olarak bulunan, sıklığı yaklaşık 1/100.000 olan bir
durumdur. Bu yazıda, akut karın tanısı ile operasyona alınan 24 yaşında kadın
hastada, apendiks vermiformis agenezisi olgusu sunuldu.

Keywords

Apendiks anomalisi, apendiks vermiformis agenezisi, akut karın

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