SURGEON'S DIARY: Look-alike inflamed appendices in identical - News Summed Up

SURGEON'S DIARY: Look-alike inflamed appendices in identical


“My wife has developed acute appendicitis, according to our family doctor who saw her just now.”“Whoever has heard of a second appendix?” asked the surgeon. “Yes.”“How many siblings?”“One sister and one brother,” Janet replied without elaborating; obviously, she was in pain. “I know that identical twins are predisposed to the same diseases but didn’t know that their inflamed appendices look the same too. “That’s why I suggest that you better do a pregnancy test on Philomena as well.”I asked. The pregnancy test on Philomena came negative.


Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2017 20:26 UTC



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