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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