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Cureus
September 2024
General Surgery, University Hospital Sussex National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chichester, GBR.
Acute appendicitis is a common acute general surgical presentation; however, variants in the appendicular anatomy and the presence of cancers can complicate the surgical management of this condition. Appendiceal diverticula (AD) are rare pathological outpouchings along the appendix body. These outpouchings complicate and obscure the surgical planes, making adequate surgical resection of the appendix difficult.
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December 2024
Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Endoscopy
December 2024
Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Introduction And Importance: Amyand's hernia is a rare type of inguinal hernia which involves either a normal or diseased appendix within the hernia sac. We report an extremely rare case of appendiceal neuroma, presenting as an incarcerated Amyand's hernia.
Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male patient presented in the emergency department due to a persistent right inguinal painful swelling.
Ir J Med Sci
August 2023
Department of Academic Surgery, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ, UK.
Appendiceal tumours encompass a wide spectrum of differential diagnoses and frequently present with clinical features of appendicitis. We report the case of a 43-year-old woman who presented with epigastric pain, dyspepsia and bloating. An atypical right para-iliac mass was detected on abdominal ultrasound, and computed tomography (CT) identified an appendiceal tumour.
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