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Cecal vascular malformation mimicking appendicitis in a child.

Emil S, Milanchi S, Goldstein A

Division of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. semil@uci.edu

A 5-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain suggestive of appendicitis. Intraoperatively, a solid cecal mass was identified along with mesenteric adenopathy. A right hemicolectomy was performed. Pathologic examination revealed a vascular malformation with evidence of recent hemorrhage.

Published 20 October 2005 in Pediatr Surg Int, 21(9): 723-4.
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