AN UNUSUALLY LONG APPENDIX - A CASE REPORT.

Abstract

The appendix, a narrow diverticulum of variable length but usually about 8 cm long, arises from the posteromedial wall of the caecum below the ileocaecal orifice . It is covered with peritoneum and connected to the termi- nal ileum by a mesentry, the mesoappendix, which contains the appendicular artery. Much lymphoid tissue is found in its wall. It is very mobile and therefore its relations are variable; most commonly it lies in a retrocaecal position, but not infrequently it is in the pelvis .Appendicitis – inflammation of the appendix – is usually a consequence of obstruction of its lumen by faeces. Because the lumen is wider in infancy and often non-existent in elderly individuals, appendicitis is uncommon in these age (1) .we report a case of 32 year old male patient with a Complaints of pain in the right side lower abdomen associated with nausea and loss of appetite .Radiological and complete investigations done and patient diagnosed to have acute appendicitis and hence patient was taken up for emergency open appendicetomy .