Duplication of Vermiform Appendix

Duplication of vermiform appendix.

J Postgrad Med 2004;50:284-5 9 year old girl presented for transverse loop colostomy closure. She had an imperforated anus, for which an anal pull-through procedure was carried out at the age of four years. On examination, a transverse loop colostomy was present on the right upper abdomen, which was prolapsing through the stoma. The colostomy was functioning normally. Per-rectal examination rev...

A Rare Case of Anorectal Malformation having Pouch Colon with Duplication of Vermiform Appendix

Duplication of vermiform appendix is an extremely rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0.004%. Abnormal development of the appendix usually takes the form of a double appendix. Accompanying intestinal, genitourinary or vertebral malformations may be present when appendiceal duplications are detected in childhood. We are presenting a case of neonate having ARM with peritonitis which on e...

Calculous disease of the vermiform appendix.

The formation of true calculi within the lumen of the vermiform appendix is a comparatively rare event, but the condition is of clinical importance because of the frequency with which such calculi give rise to serious complications. The main clinico-pathological features of calculous disease of the appendix, based on the examination of 2,000 appendix specimens, are presented in this report with...

The Position of the Vermiform Appendix

The vermiform appendix is notorious for the inconstancy of its position. With its base attached to the csecum, it may occupy almost any position, like the hands of a clock, both in the sagittal and the coronal planes relative to the csecum. This variability of its position is easily explained on the basis of an unequal development of the different parts of the original infantile csecum. The app...

A defence of the vermiform appendix.