INTUSSUSCEPTION OF VERMIFORM APPENDIX - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
KEGELAERS B STORMS P EYCKENS A SEBRECHTS R
Citation
B. Kegelaers et al., INTUSSUSCEPTION OF VERMIFORM APPENDIX - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 96(6), 1996, pp. 287-290
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Acta Chirurgica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015458
Volume
96
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
287 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5458(1996)96:6<287:IOVA-A>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Intussusception of the appendix into the caecum is an uncommon conditi on and the diagnosis is rarely made preoperatively. Specific anatomic requirements as well as pathological conditions causing irritation or increasing peristalsis should be present for this event to occur. A ca se is discussed in which the diagnosis was made of an ileocolic invagi nation, which appeared peroperatively to be an appendicular invaginati on.