Acute appendicitis
Diagnosis certain
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Right iliac fossa pain for 7seven days associated with nausea, vomiting, constipation and high inflammatory markers.
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A young female with right iliac fossa pain for 7 days associated with nausea, vomiting, constipation and high inflammatory markers.
This is a simple, straightforward case of non-complicated acute appendicitis in which the appendix shows a fluid-filled distended lumen with highhighly attenuated mucous secretions. No evidence of phlegmon or abscess formation and no evidence of perforation.
-<p>A young female with right iliac fossa pain for 7 days associated with nausea, vomiting, constipation and high inflammatory markers.</p><p>This is a simple, straightforward case of non-complicated <a href="/articles/acute-appendicitis-2" title="Acute appendicitis">acute appendicitis</a> in which the appendix shows a fluid-filled distended lumen with high attenuated mucous secretions. No evidence of <a href="/articles/phlegmon-1" title="Phlegmon">phlegmon</a> or <a href="/articles/appendicular-abscess" title="Appendicular abscess">abscess</a> formation and no evidence of perforation.</p>- +<p>This is a simple, straightforward case of non-complicated <a href="/articles/acute-appendicitis-2" title="Acute appendicitis">acute appendicitis</a> in which the appendix shows a fluid-filled distended lumen with highly attenuated mucous secretions. No evidence of <a href="/articles/phlegmon-1" title="Phlegmon">phlegmon</a> or <a href="/articles/appendicular-abscess" title="Appendicular abscess">abscess</a> formation and no evidence of perforation.</p>
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