Segmental cecal dilatation with absent appendix: a case of failure of appendiceal regression?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery : Official Journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et Al] = Zeitschrift Für Kinderchirurgie
J Uroz-TristanS R Santos

Abstract

A rare intestinal malformation is reported in a boy 11 years old with a 3-year history of abdominal pain and chronic anemia. Laparotomy revealed a large cecal mass extending beyond the ileocecal valve in the place of the appendix, with bleeding mucosal ulcers.

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Oct 5, 2001·Journal of Pediatric Surgery·R ChadhaJ K Mahajan
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