Appendicular agenesis: a case report

Alaa Sedik; Tarek Al-Dawoodi; Salwa Elhoushy

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20180842

Authors

Alaa Sedik Department of General Surgery, King Khalid Hospital Hail, Saudi Arabia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-2337
Tarek Al-Dawoodi Department of General Surgery, King Khalid Hospital Hail, Saudi Arabia .
Salwa Elhoushy Department of Internal Medicine, King Khalid Hospital Hail, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20180842

Keywords:

Abdominal pain, Appendicular agenesis, Nonspecific abdominal pain

Abstract

Congenital agenesis or absence of vermiform appendix is very rare. Herein, author reported a case of a 28 years old Vietnamese lady who presented with a picture of acute appendicitis. During surgery, author failed to find the appendix. Postoperatively, she made uneventful recovery and she was diagnosed as a case of nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) with appendicular agenesis.

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