Abstract
Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare and usually asymptomatic condition. The authors report a case of a 24-year old woman, admitted for periumbilical pain. Physical examination revealed rebound tenderness in the right iliac fossa. Her white blood cell count was 23300/mm3. We performed appendicectomy. The histopathological result was endometriosis of the appendix vermiformis.
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T. Yilmazlai
T. Yilmazlar Department of General surgery Uludag University School of Medicine TUR-Gorukle/Bursa, Turkey Tel.: +90 224 4428400/1014 E-mail: [email protected]