Vermiform process, appendicitis
Object numberGC.5235
TitleVermiform process, appendicitis
DescriptionWet specimen.
Vermiform process, showing appendicitis.
The process is swollen and congested and is curved towards the mesenteriole which is thickened and inflamed. Fully the middle third of the process is grey and gangrenous, mostly towards the antimesenteriolic border and proximally necrosis at the margin of this area has caused perforation.
Production date 1921
Production periodTwentieth century, early
Object nameVERMIFORM APPENDIX
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
TechniqueAppendectomy