J-L Faucheron

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2007

Study types

  • article 1

Condition tags

  • mesh:D004715 1
  • endometriosis 1
article 2007
Endometriosis of the vermiform appendix as an exceptional cause of acute perforated appendicitis during pregnancy
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland ·doi:10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01428.x

The incidence of appendicitis presenting during pregnancy is less than 1 in 1500. Most cases of endometriosis of the appendix are discovered as a result of incidental appendectomy. True perforated appendicitis in an endometriotic area has n…