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*** See ''[[adenovirus appendicitis]]''. | *** See ''[[adenovirus appendicitis]]''. | ||
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* | *Eosinophils are very common.<ref name=pmid9444860>{{Cite journal | last1 = Aravindan | first1 = KP. | title = Eosinophils in acute appendicitis: possible significance. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 491-8 | month = Oct | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9444860 }}</ref> | ||
*[ | **Appendices with eosinophils but no apparent [[neutrophil]]s probably represent the same process.<ref name=pmid20551528>{{Cite journal | last1 = Aravindan | first1 = KP. | last2 = Vijayaraghavan | first2 = D. | last3 = Manipadam | first3 = MT. | title = Acute eosinophilic appendicitis and the significance of eosinophil - Edema lesion. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 53 | issue = 2 | pages = 258-61 | month = | year = | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.64343 | PMID = 20551528 }}</ref> | ||
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*Mucinous tumour. | *Mucinous tumour. | ||
*[[Neuroendocrine tumour]]. | *[[Neuroendocrine tumour]]. | ||
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*[[Crohn's disease]] of the appendix. | *[[Crohn's disease]] of the appendix. | ||
**Approximately of 40% colectomies for CD (that include an appendix) have involvement of the appendix.<ref name=pmid11956821>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stangl | first1 = PC. | last2 = Herbst | first2 = F. | last3 = Birner | first3 = P. | last4 = Oberhuber | first4 = G. | title = Crohn's disease of the appendix. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 440 | issue = 4 | pages = 397-403 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1007/s004280100532 | PMID = 11956821 }}</ref> | **Approximately of 40% colectomies for CD (that include an appendix) have involvement of the appendix.<ref name=pmid11956821>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stangl | first1 = PC. | last2 = Herbst | first2 = F. | last3 = Birner | first3 = P. | last4 = Oberhuber | first4 = G. | title = Crohn's disease of the appendix. | journal = Virchows Arch | volume = 440 | issue = 4 | pages = 397-403 | month = Apr | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1007/s004280100532 | PMID = 11956821 }}</ref> | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appendicitis_-_low_mag.jpg Appendicitis - low mag. (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appendicitis_-_very_high_mag.jpg Appendicitis - very high mag. (WC)]. | |||
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