Subhepatic appendicitis.
Intestinal malrotation is a developmental anomaly that occasionally causes an unusual array of symptoms in adults. The delay in diagnosis that is common in patients with malrotation frequently results in a ruptured appendix. Appendicitis should be considered when characteristic signs and symptoms are present, even if the location of abdominal pain is atypical.
Rappaport
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Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
Warneke
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014102:Torsion Abnormality