title: Neonatal appendicitis mimicking intestinal duplication: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute appendicitis is a common disease in older children but rare in neonates.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 2-day-old Asian baby who suffered from neonatal appendicitis mimicking intestinal duplication. Laparoscopic appendectomy was successfully performed after the trans-umbilical division of adhesions, and the postoperative course was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are few reports describing abdominal masses caused by appendicitis mimicking intestinal duplication. The laparoscopic approach for neonatal appendicitis is considered to be a safe and useful therapeutic modality with good cosmetic results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, 2-5-1 Tojin-machi Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, 810-0063, Japan. isamu@pedsurg.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: Sakura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawanami
authors.forename: Ryou
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zaizen