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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2020

Retro-psoas muscle vermiform appendix: an unusual location.

Liqa A Rousan, Mohammad I Jibril

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Retro-psoas appendicitis.BMJ case reports · 2023
    Article
  3. A rare case of a herniated acute appendicitis.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Liqa A RousanDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan. larousan@just.edu.jo.
Mohammad I JibrilDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, PO box 3030, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vermiform appendix is considered the most mobile organ in the human body. Due to its various positions in the abdomen and pelvis, it may result in confusion in diagnosis to the surgeons when it becomes inflamed. Atypical locations of the appendix have been reported previously in the literature. We report an unusual location of the vermiform appendix in the right retro-psoas muscle space that was incidentally discovered in a male patient who was involved in a road traffic accident.

Indexed as

Anatomic VariationAccidents, TrafficAppendicitisAppendixHumansIncidental FindingsMalePsoas MusclesTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultAppendixCaecumCT scanPsoas muscleRetropsoas

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PMID32342137

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