Appendix - Inverted appendiceal stump

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Inverted appendiceal stump

Reviewer: Jaleh Mansouri, M.D., (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 16 October 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Case reports
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● 54 year old woman with appendectomy 24 years prior (Rom J Morphol Embryol 2006;47:193)

Gross description
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● Stump resembles a polyp at appendiceal orifice in patients post-appendectomy, usually with purse-string suture

Micro images
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various images

End of Appendix > Inverted appendiceal stump

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