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Inverted appendix mistaken for a polyp during colonoscopy and leading to intussusception.

Ram AD, Peckham C, Akobeng AK, Thomas AG, David TJ, Patel L

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals, UK.

A spectrum of appendiceal diseases, ranging from simple mucous distension to acute perforated appendicitis, are seen in patients with CF. We report a 6 year old boy with CF and recurrent periumbilical pain. During colonoscopy, a fleshy pedunculated mass at the junction of the ascending colon and caecum was mistaken for a polyp and excised. However, histopathological examination suggested it was a segment of inverted appendix. The remnant of the inverted appendix was subsequently found to be associated with an intussusception.

Published 30 August 2005 in J Cyst Fibros, 4(3): 203-4.
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