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SM Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Acute Appendicitis: A Very Short Tale

[ ISSN : 2573-3419 ]

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Received: 06-Jun-2017

Accepted: 10-Jul-2017

Published: 18-Jan-2038

Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 3 | Article DOI :

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Maija Cheung, Muriel Cleary, and Doruk Ozgediz

epartment of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Corresponding Author:

Maija Cheung, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Tel:+1-802-989-8132; Email: maija.cheung@yale.edu

Keywords

Appendicitis; appendiceal length; appendiceal agenesis; stump appendicitis

Abstract

There is a wide range of anatomical variation in appendiceal length reported in the literature despite the appendix achieving its adult proportions at approximately 3 years of age. Our seven year-old patient had acute appendicitis with a 1cm appendix well outside of the normal range. This variation should be kept in mind as it may impact imaging and treatment of acute appendicitis in special circumstances.

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Cheung M, Cleary M and Ozgediz D. Acute Appendicitis: A Very Short Tale. SM J Pediatr Surg. 2017; 3(3): 1047.