title: Torsion of vermiform appendix with fecalith: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Torsion of the vermiform appendix is a rare disorder, which causes abdominal symptoms indistinguishable from acute appendicitis and is found by chance during the laparotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case (a 76-year-old male) suffering of torsion of the vermiform appendix with fecalith. It was twisted 540 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction. Appendectomy was done.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Appendiceal torsion may be assocated with the presence of fecalith. This case is the oldest one among the patients with appendiceal torsion reported to literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, S,M,H,S Hospital, Srinagar, India. imtazwani@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Imtiaz
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authors.lastname: Wani
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authors.forename: Jang
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