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===IHC=== | ===IHC=== | ||
*Adenovirus +ve = '''diagnostic'''. | *Adenovirus +ve = '''diagnostic'''. | ||
==Enterobius vermicularis== | |||
{{Main|Enterobius vermicularis}} | |||
*[[AKA]] ''pinworm''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*May be found in the appendix. | |||
*The incidence is higher in normal appendices than inflamed ones.<ref name=pmid1853157>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wiebe | first1 = BM. | title = Appendicitis and Enterobius vermicularis. | journal = Scand J Gastroenterol | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 336-8 | month = Mar | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1853157 }}</ref><ref name=pmid7945067/> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Usu. the appendiceal wall has no inflammation, i.e. there is no appendicitis.<ref name=pmid1853157/><ref name=pmid7945067>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dahlstrom | first1 = JE. | last2 = Macarthur | first2 = EB. | title = Enterobius vermicularis: a possible cause of symptoms resembling appendicitis. | journal = Aust N Z J Surg | volume = 64 | issue = 10 | pages = 692-4 | month = Oct | year = 1994 | doi = | PMID = 7945067 }}</ref> | |||
*''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' organisms. | |||
==Granulomatous appendicitis== | ==Granulomatous appendicitis== | ||