%0 Journal Article
%T Invaginaci¨®n apendicular
%A Suazo L
%A Crist¨®bal
%A Burdiles P
%A Patricio
%A Larach K
%A Andr¨¦s
%J Revista chilena de cirug¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000100013
%X cecal appendix invagination was first described by mc kidd in 1858, however, due to its low frequency and nonspecific presentation, it is usually a radiological or intraoperative finding. during surgery, the therapeutic approach may vary from an appendectomy to a right hemicolectomy. the selected technique will depend of the suspected diagnosis, which will undoubtedly also influenced by surgeon experience. we present a case of a male patient aged 57 years old, with the intraoperative finding of appendiceal intussusception. the laparoscopic dissection of the cecum revealed an inflammatory appendix, soft to palpation with graspers. a large section of the appendix base with linear stapler was made. the final biopsy and surgical specimen showed an appendiceal inflammation without atypia.
%K appendix
%K invagination.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en