Vermiform appendix: Difference between revisions
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* Neutrophils in the muscularis propria - '''key feature'''. | * Neutrophils in the muscularis propria - '''key feature'''. | ||
* +/- Vascular thrombosis (and [[necrosis]]) - known as ''gangrenous appendicitis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/363818-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/363818-overview]. Accessed on: 21 June 2010.</ref> | * +/- Vascular [[thrombosis]] (and [[necrosis]]) - known as ''gangrenous appendicitis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/363818-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/363818-overview]. Accessed on: 21 June 2010.</ref> | ||
* +/- Findings suggestive of etiology - usu. absent: | * +/- Findings suggestive of etiology - usu. absent: | ||
** +/- Fecalith. | ** +/- Fecalith. | ||