Appendiceal Endometriosis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis
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This case report describes a 24-year-old woman whose appendiceal endometriosis mimicked acute appendicitis, leading to appendectomy and a subsequent histopathological diagnosis.
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Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare and usually asymptomatic condition. The authors report a case of a 24-year old woman, admitted for periumbilical pain. Physical examination revealed rebound tenderness in the right iliac fossa. Her white blood cell count was 23300/mm3. We performed appendicectomy. The histopathological result was endometriosis of the appendix vermiformis.
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