Oruç Cem, Işık Ozgen, Ureyen Orhan, Kahyaoğlu Oytun Saffet, Köseoğlu Ayhan
Department of General Surgery, İdil State Hospital, Şırnak, Turkey.
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2013 Jul;19(4):385-6. doi: 10.5505/tjtes.2013.67424.
Appendiceal anomalies are extremely rare malformations that are usually found in adult populations as an incidental finding. Agenesis and duplication of the appendix have been well documented, but we know of only three reported cases of a horseshoe appendix. A 64-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department. A provisional diagnosis of acute appendicitis was made, and the patient was taken to the operating room. While appendectomy was being performed with a standard approach, the distal tip was seen to communicate with the cecum by another stump, or "horseshoe appendix". The aim of this report is to share our experience with this extraordinary finding.
阑尾异常是极其罕见的畸形，通常在成人中偶然发现。阑尾缺如和重复已有充分记载，但我们仅知晓三例马蹄形阑尾的报告病例。一名64岁女性入住急诊科。初步诊断为急性阑尾炎，患者被送往手术室。在采用标准方法进行阑尾切除术时，发现阑尾远端通过另一个残端与盲肠相通，即“马蹄形阑尾”。本报告的目的是分享我们对这一特殊发现的经验。
