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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- Appendiceal Endometriosis: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature 2023
- Appendicular endometriosis: a case report 2021
- Intestinal endometriosis: Clinical reflections 2021
- Appendicular endometriosis: A case report and review of literature 2019
- Appendicular Endometriosis: A Rare Entity 2018
- Gastrointestinal and Urinary Tract Endometriosis: A Review on the Commonest Locations of Extrapelvic Endometriosis 2018
- Endometriosis causing Invaginated Mucinous Cystadenoma of Appendix: Case Report 2016
- [A Case of Cecal Endometriosis Presenting as Subepithelial Tumor] 2016
- Endometriosis causing acute appendicitis complicated with hemoperitoneum 2015
- Appendicular endometriosis: Case presentation and review of the literature 2013
- Apendikularna endometrioza: prezent- acija pacijenta i pregled literature 2013
- Endometriosis of the appendix presenting as acute appendicitis: a case report and literature review 2013
- Appendiceal endometriosis as a rare cause of abdominal pain: a case report and literature review 2012
- Perforated endometrial appendicitis in pregnancy 2012
- An unusual cause of acute appendicitis: Appendiceal endometriosis 2012
- Endometriosis apendicular: A propósito de un caso Appendicular endometriosis: Apropos of a case 2010
- Endometriosis of the Vermiform Appendix Presenting as a Tumor 2009
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