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appendicitis
Monday 29 December 2003
Definition: inflammation of appendix.
Types
acute appendicitis
chronic appendicitis
mural fibrosis of appendix
Etiology
infectious appendicitis
- viral appendicitis
- adenoviral appendicitis
- CMV appendicitis
- bacterial appendicitis
- Yersinia appendicitis
- Yersinia enterocolitica appendicitis (17189675)
- Yersinia appendicitis
- appendiceal typhoid
- appendiceal actinomycosis
- mycobacterial appendicitis
- tuberculous appendicitis
- fungal appendicitis
- parasitic appendicitis
- appendiceal histoplasmosis
- appendiceal helminthiasis
- pinworms
- appendiceal schistosomiasis
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Crohn appendicitis
- appendiceal ulcerous colitis
appendiceal vasculitis
- appendiceal periarteritis nodosa
- appendiceal Schönlein-Henoch purpura
See also
appendix
- appendiceal anomalies
- appendiceal diseases
- appendiceal tumors
References
Lamps LW. Appendicitis and infections of the appendix. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2004 May;21(2):86-97. PMID: 15807469
