Parasitic Appendicitis

Parasitic Appendicitis

13 Parasitic Appendicitis

The etiologic factors and the incidence of appendicitis differ from country to country.(Francis et al, 1992; Jones et al, 1985) In this chapter, we discuss parasitic appendicitis. Enterobious vermicularis and Tenia sp are frequently found in the appendectomy specimens in Izmir, Turkey. Other parasites include: Trichuris trichiura, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni, Ascaris lumbricoid...

Acute Amoebic Appendicitis: Case Reports and Review of Parasitic Appendicitis.

Amoebic appendicitis is very rare, occurring in about 0.5% to 2% of acute appendicitis, and usually not reported in children. We report a case of confirmed acute amoebic appendicitis complicating amoebic colitis in a 7-year-old Pakistani boy living in southern Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and briefly review the literature on parasitic appendicitis.

Parasitic infestation as cause of acute appendicitis.

AIM The role of parasitic infestation in the cause of acute appendicitis has been long time discussed. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of parasitic infestation in the etiology of acute appendicitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective study includes 5.100 patients undergoing surgical therapy for acute appendicitis between 1996 and 2005. Patients were divided into two groups ...

Parasitic Cause of Acute Appendicitis In Najaf

Background & objectives : Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen .In spite of many researches & studies that had been performed on the acute appendicitis in general, very limited works talking about the role of the parasites in the causation of acute appendicitis This study was performed to investigate the preformed to investigate the prevalence rate of in...