a 70 year old male presented with right lower quadrant pain and anorexia for about 72 hours prior to hospital admission. he underwent laparotomy with impression of acute appendicitis. the operative finding was an inflamed tumoral appendix without appendicular base involvement, and appendectomy was done. the patient had an uneventful post-op course. due to the pathology report of prostatic carci...

Lymphomatous involvement of the appendix is rare and most of them are found accidentally from appendectomies to treat appendicitis. Here we report three cases of primary lymphoma of appendix of 10 year-old boy, 23-year-old man and 24-year-old woman that presented with abdominal pain to our hospital and the tumors were discovered during routine appendectomy for suspected "appendicitis". Our case...

Background: Early diagnosis of appendicitis is important during pregnancy.  Unlike omentom, cecum and appendix are not likely to be displaced by the growing uterus, so the concept of position change of the appendix during pregnancy is questionable. Objective: To determine the anatomical location of appendix during pregnancy. Methods: In a prospective study from October 1995 to March 1999, 291 w...

Background: The appendix is considered as part of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue; however, lymphocyte subsets in this tissue are not fully defined. Objective: To investigate and compare the function and phenotype of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood and appendix of patients with normal and inflamed appendix tissues. Methods: Peripheral blood samples and appendiceal mononuclear cells we...

introduction appendiceal mucocele is a term referring to the abnormal accumulation of mucus into the lumen of appendix regardless of the underlying cause. mucocele alone is not considered a rare finding in routine appendectomy. however, the coexistence of multiple small intraluminal globoid bodies as “myxoglobulosis” or “caviar appendix” is a rare finding. case report we report a 54 year old wo...

this case is a rare aspect of left inguinal hernia. the patient was a 60-years old man with left scrotal mass since childhood. in the operating room, the hernia sac was opened which included cecum and appendix that is called left amyand`s hernia. the patient underwent herniorrhaphy with lichtenstein repair.

background : e arly diagnosis of appendicitis is important during pregnancy.  unlike omentom, cecum and appendix are not likely to be displaced by the growing uterus, so the concept of position change of the appendix during pregnancy is questionable.   objective: to determine the anatomical location of appendix during pregnancy.   methods: in a prospective study from october 1995 to march 1999,...

The appendix is an unusual site for extramedulary relapse in acute leukemia. The present case report describes two cases of late course acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with leukemic infiltration of the appendix and complete remission of bone marrow. The signs and symptoms of the cases suggest that leukemic involvement of the appendix should be considered in the differential diagnosis of ...