Segmental cecal dilatation with absent appendix: a case of failure of appendiceal regression?
A rare intestinal malformation is reported in a boy 11 years old with a 3-year history of abdominal pain and chronic anemia. Laparotomy revealed a large cecal mass extending beyond the ileocecal valve in the place of the appendix, with bleeding mucosal ulcers.
Uroz-Tristan
J
J
Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno Infantil de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Poenaru
D
D
Urgellés
X G
XG
Arencibia
L L
LL
Alvarez
J Q
JQ
Santos
S R
SR
D001065:Appendix / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery