How Common Is Retrocecal Appendix?

A retrocecal appendix is common and one series showed the appendix to be retrocolic and retrocecal in 58% of cases[1]. A retrocecal appendix has been described also in families and is thought to be inherited as a simple dominant unit character[11].

What percentage of people have a Retrocecal appendix?

Although the number of patients is small, we conclude that the traditional type of retrocecal appendicitis can occur in the retroperitoneal subgroup but that his anatomic variation is infrequent. The incidence in our series was 2.5 percent.

What does Retrocecal appendix mean?

: situated behind the cecum the vermiform appendix is considered retrocecal when directed upward behind the cecum.