DIVERTICULUM OF THE APPENDIX

  • NAKANISHI Hidekazu
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • MARUTA Morito
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • KONISHI Takayoshi
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • KOMORI Yoshiyuki
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • YOSHIMATSU Yasuhiko
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • KAWATA Shuzo
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • SHIMAZU Motohide
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • NAKANO Makoto
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • SUGENOYA Hiroshi
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • HASUMI Akitake
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine
  • AOKI Haruo
    Department of Surgery, Fujita-Gakuen Health University, School of Medicine

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  • 虫垂憩室の5症例
  • A REPORT OF FIVE CASES

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Diverticulum of the appendix has been often reported in Europe and the United States. However, in Japan, only 44 cases have appeared in the literature and only 4 of them were diagnosed as diverticulum of the appendix before surgery.<BR>Five patients diagnosed a having diverticulum of the appendix are presented in this report: Case 1. A patient diagnosed as having appendicitis underwent surgery. A diverticulum was found in resected specimen of the appendix. Case 2. After a diagnosis of appendicular diverticulum was made by barium enema examination, appendectomy was performed. The others (cases 3-5) were diagnosed by barium enema examination.<BR>The number of cases without symptoms is considered to increase with careful investigation, and we suggest that surgery may not be required in such cases.

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