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Markos Markou1, Rodopi Sotiropoulou1, Sempachedin Perente1
1School of Medicine 1st Department of Surgery Alexandroupoli University Hospital Democritus University of Thrace Alexandroupolis Greece.
Clinical Case Reports
|February 10, 2022
Abstract:
Anomalies of the appendix are rare, and one of the rarest is the double appendixes. Most anomalies of the appendix are observed in adults and are discovered incidentally during surgery that does not primarily involve the appendix. It is usually missed, often with life-threatening consequences.
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