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Appendicitis
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DDx
- Gastroenteritis or colitis
- Gynecologic: pelvic inflammatory disease, tubo-ovarian abscess, ovarian torsion, ruptured ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cyst, mittelschmerz, endometriosis
- Urologic: testicular torsion, acute epididymitis
- Urinary calculus
- Pyelonephritis
- Diverticulitis
- Meckel's diverticulitis
- Carcinoid of the appendix
- Perforated colon cancer
- Crohn's ileitis
- Perforated peptic ulcer
- Cholecystitis
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Typhlitis (neutropenic colitis)
- Parasites, e.g., ascariasis
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DDx
- Gastroenteritis or colitis
- Gynecologic: pelvic inflammatory disease, tubo-ovarian abscess, ovarian torsion, ruptured ectopic pregnancy or ovarian cyst, mittelschmerz, endometriosis
- Urologic: testicular torsion, acute epididymitis
- Urinary calculus
- Pyelonephritis
- Diverticulitis
- Meckel's diverticulitis
- Carcinoid of the appendix
- Perforated colon cancer
- Crohn's ileitis
- Perforated peptic ulcer
- Cholecystitis
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Typhlitis (neutropenic colitis)
- Parasites, e.g., ascariasis
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Appendicitis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114492/all/Appendicitis.
Zeiger RFR. Appendicitis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114492/all/Appendicitis. Accessed March 20, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Appendicitis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114492/all/Appendicitis
Zeiger RFR. Appendicitis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 20]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114492/all/Appendicitis.
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