Difference between revisions of "Vermiform appendix"

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 ==Adenovirus appendicitis==
-===General===
+{{Main|Adenovirus appendicitis}}
-*Rare type of appendicitis in children.
-*Presents as run-of-the-mill acute appendicitis.
-*Caused by ''[[Adenovirus]]''.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=pmid17990936>{{cite journal |author=Grynspan D, Rabah R |title=Adenoviral appendicitis presenting clinically as acute appendicitis |journal=Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=138–41 |year=2008 |pmid=17990936 |doi=10.2350/07-06-0299.1 |url=}}</ref>
-*Lymphoid hyperplasia - key feature.
-*+/-Adenovirus inclusions; "smudge cells".
-Notes:
-*The classic finding of appendicitis (neutrophils infiltrating into the muscularis propria) may be absent.<ref name=pmid17990936/>
-Image:
-*[http://wiki.medpedia.com/Image:Ab14.jpg?filetimestamp=20091014175858 Smudge cell (medpedia.com)].
-===IHC===
-*Adenovirus +ve = '''diagnostic'''.
 ==Enterobius vermicularis==

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