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Endometriosis of the vermiform appendix as an exceptional cause of acute perforated appendicitis during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Faucheron J.L.,
Pasquier D.,
Voirin D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01428.x
Subject(s) - vermiform , appendix , medicine , endometriosis , appendicitis , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , acute appendicitis , obstetrics , gynecology , paleontology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
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 not been reported before. The authors report the case of a 28‐year‐old woman in her 27th week of pregnancy who underwent an appendicectomy for inflamed, perforated appendix with transmural endometriosis and accompanying decidual reaction.