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T. Mesko, “Horseshoe Anomaly of the Appendix: A Previously Undescribed Entity,” Surgery, Vol. 106, No. 3, 1989, pp. 563-566.

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• 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 .