title: Segmental cecal dilatation with absent appendix: a case of failure of appendiceal regression?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno Infantil de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uroz-Tristan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poenaru
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Urgellés
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Arencibia
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: 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