Where is the appendix located anatomically?

right abdomen
The appendix sits at the junction of the small intestine and large intestine. It’s a thin tube about four inches long. Normally, the appendix sits in the lower right abdomen. The function of the appendix is unknown.

What is the location of appendix pain?

Appendicitis typically starts with a pain in the middle of your tummy (abdomen) that may come and go. Within hours, the pain travels to your lower right-hand side, where the appendix is usually located, and becomes constant and severe. Pressing on this area, coughing or walking may make the pain worse.

Can appendix be retroperitoneal?

The appendix was found in the true pelvis, was behind the ileum or ileocolic mesentery, or was both retrocolic and retroperitoneal in 11 of 16 patients (69%) with gangrenous or perforative appendicitis.

What is located near the appendix?

A Meckel’s diverticulum is a small outpouching of the small intestine, which usually is located in the right lower abdomen near the appendix.

What happens if your appendix bursts?

A rupture spreads infection throughout your abdomen (peritonitis). Possibly life-threatening, this condition requires immediate surgery to remove the appendix and clean your abdominal cavity. A pocket of pus that forms in the abdomen. If your appendix bursts, you may develop a pocket of infection (abscess).

Is appendix retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal?

The appendix has a retroperitoneal location in 65% of patients and may descend into the iliac fossa in 31%. In fact, many individuals may have an appendix located in the retroperitoneal space; in the pelvis; or behind the terminal ileum, cecum, ascending colon, or liver.

What is Retrocecal appendicitis?

Acute retrocecal appendicitis is largely responsible for the atypical signs and symptoms in cases of acute appendicitis that deceive the incautious diagnostician and cause many deaths.