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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

Rare paediatric case of agenesis of the vermiform appendix, ileal duplication and sickle cell disease.

Nadia Laezza, Nuno Gião, Cristina Borges, Maria Knoblich

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nadia LaezzaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal 11189@chuc.min-saude.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8154-3917
Nuno GiãoPathological Anatomy Department, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Lisboa, Portugal.
Cristina BorgesDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Lisboa, Portugal.
Maria KnoblichDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Lisboa, Portugal.
Unidade Local de Saúde de São José · PTHospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports an exceptional case of a 14-year-old girl with sickle cell disease that was diagnosed with agenesis of the vermiform appendix and ileal duplication. Both consist of extremely rare gastrointestinal malformations whose association has never been described. The preadolescent girl presented with abdominal pain and vomiting, and the ultrasound was suggestive of acute appendicitis. Surgical findings were agenesis of the vermiform appendix and a T-shaped ileal malformation with inflammatory changes. The patient underwent resection and ileal end-to-end anastomosis. Histopathological evaluation identified an ileal duplication, with small bowel and colonic mucosa, no communication to the adjacent ileum and ischaemic changes. At 8-month follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic.

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Anemia, Sickle CellAppendicitisAppendixAbdominal PainAdolescentChildFemaleHumansIleumCongenital disordersGastrointestinal surgeryHaematology (incl blood transfusion)Paediatric Surgery

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PMID35580950
PMCPMC9114869
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