Histomorphometric Profile of the Human 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...

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...

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...

A defence of the vermiform appendix.

[Goblet cell carcinoid in the vermiform appendix].

The goblet-cell-carcinoid of the appendix vermiformis lies somewhat between the carcinoid and the adenocarcinoma of the appendix concerning the biological behaviour and the histological characteristics. Referring an own well documented case (76 are well known in the available literature) the importance of the very conscientiously managed histological examination of each appendix specimen is emp...