Abstract:Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in children. In the USA, there are 70,000 cases are diagnosed each year. Acute appendicitis is a rare case, barely considered in the diagnoses, and probably causes acute abdominal sepsis in neonates. It affects males generally 75% of the time and 25%-50% of all reported cases occur in premature infant. Almost 50 cases have been reported over the last 30 years. We reported a 5 month-old baby girl whom transferred to our hospital from a peripheral hospi… Show more
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