I.S. RAGINOV^{1, 2}, A.A. KHASANOV^{1, 3}

 ¹Republic Clinical Hospital, Kazan

²Kazan (Volga) Federal University, Kazan

³Kazan State Medical University, Kazan

 Contact details:

Raginov I.S. — MD, Chief Researcher

Address: 138 Orenburgskiy trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064, tel.: +7 (843) 237-32-61, e-mail: raginovi@mail.ru

 The article presents a clinical case of a rare disease – ectopic decidua of the appendix which is characterized by the appearance of decidual cells in pregnancies outside the endometrium. In this case, the diagnosis was made after the immunohistochemistry of the resected appendix biopsy.

Key words: vermicular appendix, pregnancy, deciduosis.

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