Aetiology of acute appendicitis.

The importance of fecaliths in the aetiology of acute appendicitis.

AIM Fecaliths, lymphoid hyperplasia, parasites, undigested plant residues and foreign bodies are considered as part of the aetiology of acute appendicitis. In our article we discussed about fecaliths, fecalith formation, and its aetiological value. METHODS Patients which have been operated on for acute appendicitis between 2009-2010 are analysed retrospectively. RESULTS The average age was ...

Intestinal Schistosomiasis as Unusual Aetiology for Acute Appendicitis, Nowadays a Rising Disease in Western Countries

Intestinal schistosomiasis as unusual aetiology for acute appendicitis, nowadays a rising disease in western countries. Recent changes in global migration has led to an immigration growth in our scenario, upsurging people coming from endemic areas of schistosomiasis. Schistosomal appendicitis, seldom reported in developed countries, is now an expected incrising entity in our hospitals during th...

ACUTE APPENDICITIS DUE TO METASTASIS OF PROSTATIC CARCINOMA

A 70 year old male presented with right lower quadrant pain and anorexia for about 72 hours prior to hospital admission. He underwent laparotomy with impression of acute appendicitis. The operative finding was an inflamed tumoral appendix without appendicular base involvement, and appendectomy was done. The patient had an uneventful post-op course. Due to the pathology report of prostatic ...

Acute Appendicitis

Acute Appendicitis

THE most serious feature of this disease is that the mortality is not diminishing to an extent commensurate with our experience of it. The Registrar-General's returns for Northern Ireland show an average of ninety-five deaths yearly from this cause during the ten-year period, 1920-9. In 1930 it caused eighty-six deaths in the Six Counties, and this despite a declining population. These figures ...