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RIOS PEREZ, Jimmy; VILLAR GONZALEZ, Karenia; MONTEAGUDO CANTO, Alina  e  SALAZAR CUETO, Carlos E. Appendicular torsion as cause of acute appendencitis. Presentation of a case. AMC [online]. 2001, vol.5, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

A male patient with pain in the rigth iliac fossa, vomiting, acute fever picture associated with leukocytosis was presentedand the preoperatory diagnosis of acute appendicitis was performed. Laparatomy with appendectomy was carried out after detecting gangrenous appendicitis by torsion of the vermiform appendix and the patient evolved successfully.

Palavras-chave : APPENDECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY.

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