Open AccessFamilial Retrocaecal Appendicitis
Author(s) -
Yehuda Shperber,
Ariel Halevy,
Jan Oland,
Ruben Orda
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107688607900708
Subject(s) - appendicitis , acute appendicitis , medicine , pathogenesis , general surgery , pathology
Four members of the same family operated on for acute retrocaecal appendicitis are reported. It is suggested that they provide further support for the hypothesis that an hereditary factor might be involved in the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis.
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