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Abdominal CT scan showing acute appendicitis.
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After a negative abdominal ecography, the patient was evaluated by abdominal computed tomography (CT), which revealed the presence of a post-ileal appendix with mild wall thickening and periappendiceal inflammatory changes consistent in acute appendicitis (Fig. 1), without evidence of endoluminal neoplasia.
Perforated acute appendicitis: perioperative findings.
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During surgery, an inflamed and perforated post-ileal appendix (Fig. 2), with associated pericecal abscess, was found and an open appendenctomy was performed.
Photomicrograph section of thr appendicular lumen (haematoxylin ans eosin, original magnification x10).
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Pathological examination showed the presence of a non-mucinous tubulo-villous adenoma with moderate epithelial dysplasia (Fig. 3, Fig. 4) with negative resection margin.