Year : 2016 | Volume
: 21 | Issue : 4 | Page : 199--201
Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon«SQ»s dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis
Bikasha Bihary Tripathy
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Bikasha Bihary Tripathy
HIG 65, K 6, Kalinga Vihar, P.O. Patrapada, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Odisha
India
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«SQ»s dilemma to detect such a rare finding during surgery for a diagnosed case of acute appendicitis.
How to cite this article:
Tripathy BB. Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon's dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis.J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2016;21:199-201
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Tripathy BB. Congenital absence of appendix: A Surgeon's dilemma during surgery for acute appendicitis. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg [serial online] 2016 [cited 2021 Jan 22 ];21:199-201
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