title: Appendiceal endometriosis mimicking acute appendicitis.
abstract: Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare and usually asymptomatic condition. The authors report a case of a 24-year old woman, admitted for periumbilical pain. Physical examination revealed rebound tenderness in the right iliac fossa. Her white blood cell count was 23300/mm3. We performed appendicectomy. The histopathological result was endometriosis of the appendix vermiformis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tumay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yilmazlar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans