ONE OF THE LONGEST APPENDIX: A RARE CASE REPORT

Abstract

B. Venkat Rao1, W. Sudhakar2, G. Vasu Babu3, M. Rohit Babu4

ABSTRACT: The vermiform appendix is an organ that can have variable sizes. We are prompted to report here one of the longest appendix removed, measuring about 16cm in length.

INTRODUCTION: The vermiform appendix is an organ that can vary in size, site, and presence, as well as in other clinical and functional aspects. We describe here one of the longest appendix removed, measuring about 16cm in length in a case of acute appendicitis.

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