Object numberGC.10043
DescriptionVermiform process, showing deformity. From a female aged 31 years.
The appendix is greatly distended to a fusiform shape measuring 100 mm. in length and 45 mm. in diameter. The wall is thin and translucent and the lumen is completely filled by gelatinous mucus. There is no concretion but at the base of the appendix there is a very tight fibrous stricture which has clearly been the primary cause of the appendicular obstruction.
Production date 1936
Object nameVERMIFORM APPENDIX
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen