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Intussusception of the appendix with a calcified fecalith

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We treated a patient with a complete invagination of the appendix which contained one large laminated calcified fecalithy. Colonofiberscopy showed a dimpling submucosal tumor, which was palpated as a bony hard tumor at laparotomy. This finding suggested that the fecalith caused an intussusception of the appendix and that such an intussusception should be suspected when there is a bony hard dimpling submucosal tumor in the cecum.

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  1. Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Kusehara 16, Mimayamachi, Uchigo, 973, Iwaki City, Fukushima, Japan

    Junzo Itoh MD

  2. Akita Shiritsu General Hospital, Akita, Japan

    Takehiko Soeno

  3. Koizumi Hospital, Akita, Japan

    Ryozo Koizumi

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Itoh, J., Soeno, T. & Koizumi, R. Intussusception of the appendix with a calcified fecalith. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 17, 195–198 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470599

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