Vermiform appendix duplex: A case report

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  • Golam Dastageer Prince Office of the Director Admin, Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0494-7648
  • Syed Md. Sarwar Department of Surgery, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Tamanna Jahan Navy Department of Anaesthesia, Mugda Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Nazmul Islam Department of Pathology, Army Medical College Cumilla, Cumilla, Bangladesh

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https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v17i4.74284

Keywords:

double appendix, appendix duplex, case report

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2024-11-14

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Prince, G. D., Sarwar, S. M., Navy, T. J., & Islam, N. (2024). Vermiform appendix duplex: A case report . Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 17(4), e74284 . https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v17i4.74284

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Vol. 17 No. 4 (2024): Oct - Dec

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