title: Familial retrocaecal appendicitis.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree