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has been cited by the following article:
TITLE: Double Appendicitis
AUTHORS: Majid Mushtaque, Asif Mehraj, Samina Ali Khanday, Rayees A. Dar
KEYWORDS: Appendix; Duplication; Appendicitis
JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.3 No.1, January 5, 2012
ABSTRACT: Duplication of the vermiform appendix is extremely rare with reported incidence of 0.004% patients operated on for acute appendicitis. It is important to recognize this condition which may have serious clinical and medico legal consequences. A 16 year old male presented with clinical features typical of acute appendicitis. Surgical exploration revealed a perforated gangrenous double appendix which was dealt by double appendicectomy .