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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21
| Issue : 4 | Page : 199-201 |
Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon's dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis
Bikasha Bihary Tripathy
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Bikasha Bihary Tripathy
HIG 65, K 6, Kalinga Vihar, P.O. Patrapada, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.186555
Congenital absence of the vermiform appendix is very rare in human beings with a reported incidence of 1 in 100,000 cases. Here, we report an incidence of a surgeon's dilemma to detect such a rare finding during surgery for a diagnosed case of acute appendicitis.
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