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appendiceal diseases

Wednesday 25 July 2018

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Examples

 absent appendix
 cystic fibrosis
 diverticulosis
 duplication
 endometriosis
inverted appendix
inverted appendiceal stump
intussusception
lymphoid hyperplasia
myxoglobulosis
necrotizing arteritis

Appendicitis: acute
 adenovirus
 chronic
 CMV
— Crohn disease
 Enterobius
 eosinophilic
 granulomatous
 infectious
 mononucleosis
interval
malakoplakia
measles
periappendicitis
Schistosoma
Strongyloides
ulcerative colitis
xanthogranulomatous
Yersinia

Benign tumors:
adenoma (noncystic)
fibrous obliteration/neuroma
granular cell tumor
hyperplastic polyp

mucocele
neurofibroma
serrated polyps

Carcinoma:
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma ex goblet cell
carcinoid
coexisting appendiceal and ovarian neoplasms
metastases to appendix
pseudomyxoma peritonei
signet ring cell adenocarcinoma
small cell carcinoma

Other tumors:
carcinoid
gastrointestinal stromal tumors
goblet cell
carcinoid L-cell carcinoid
mucinous neoplasms (LAMN and HAMN)
lymphoma/leukemia

See also

 appendiceal tumors
 appendix
 digestive anomalies