title: [Appendicitis in a two-months old infant with a peritoneovaginal duct].
abstract: Acute appendicitis in infants is a very unusual disease, but associated to structural defects like patent peritoneovaginal duct, Meckel's diverticulum, clubfeet, and Moebius syndrome is extremely rare. Case report. A male of two months-old with this association is presented. Left inguinal swelling and acute abdomen syndrome were identified. In laparotomy, iguinal defect and a gangrenous appendicitis were observed. Appendectomy was performed and postoperative recovery was unevenful.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Pediátrico Moctezuma, Secretaría de Salud del Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeza-Herrera
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salinas-Montes
authors.forename: Moisés Alfredo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Escobar-Izquierdo
authors.forename: Heladio M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Nájera Garduño
authors.forename: Arturo Hermilo
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Godoy-Esquivel
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications*