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| Prognosis  = good
| Prognosis  = good
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = symptomatic [[Meckel diverticulum]], epiploic appendagitis, [[ectopic pregnancy]], ruptured ovarian cyst, ovarian torsion, pelvic inflammatory disease
| ClinDDx    = symptomatic [[Meckel diverticulum]], [[epiploic appendagitis]], [[ectopic pregnancy]], ruptured ovarian cyst, [[ovarian torsion]], pelvic inflammatory disease, benign fecal impaction
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'''Acute appendicitis''', abbreviated '''AA''', is an acute inflammation of the [[vermiform appendix]]. It is very common and keeps general surgeons busy.
'''Acute appendicitis''', abbreviated '''AA''', is an acute inflammation of the [[vermiform appendix]]. It is very common and keeps general surgeons busy.
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**Symptomatic [[Meckel diverticulum]].
**Symptomatic [[Meckel diverticulum]].
**Epiploic appendagitis.
**Epiploic appendagitis.
**Benign fecal impaction of the appendix.<ref name=pmid17875592>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Park | first1 = NH. | last2 = Park | first2 = CS. | last3 = Lee | first3 = EJ. | last4 = Kim | first4 = MS. | last5 = Ryu | first5 = JA. | last6 = Bae | first6 = JM. | last7 = Song | first7 = JS. | title = Ultrasonographic findings identifying the faecal-impacted appendix: differential findings with acute appendicitis. | journal = Br J Radiol | volume = 80 | issue = 959 | pages = 872-7 | month = Nov | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1259/bjr/80553348 | PMID = 17875592 }}</ref>
*Gynecologic tract:
*Gynecologic tract:
**[[Ectopic pregnancy]].
**[[Ectopic pregnancy]].
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Note:
Note:
*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>
*[[Eosinophil]]s 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>
**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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**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>
*[[Crypt cell carcinoma]] (goblet cell carcinoid) - may be subtle.
*[[Crypt cell carcinoma]] (goblet cell carcinoid) - may be subtle.
*[[Interval appendectomy]] - may have active inflammation - [[clinical history]] is essential to differentiate.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Malvar G, Peric M, Gonzalez RS |title=Interval appendicitis shows histological differences from acute appendicitis and may mimic Crohn disease and other forms of granulomatous appendicitis |journal=Histopathology |volume=80 |issue=6 |pages=965–973 |date=May 2022 |pmid=35076982 |doi=10.1111/his.14621 |url=}}</ref>


===Images===
===Images===
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Image:Appendicitis_-_low_mag.jpg | Appendicitis - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Appendicitis_-_low_mag.jpg | Appendicitis - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Appendicitis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Appendicitis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Appendicitis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Appendicitis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Appendix Appendicitis PA.JPG|Acute Appendicitis(SKB)
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==Sign out==
==Sign out==
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Vermiform Appendix, Appendectomy:
- Acute appendicitis with acute periappendicitis.
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===Block letters===
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH FOCAL NECROSIS OF THE APPENDICEAL WALL.
- ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
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===Gangrenous===
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS.
- GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS.
- ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.  
- ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.  
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS WITH PERFORATION.
- ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH GANGRENOUS CHANGES.
- ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH PERFORATION AND ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
- ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH PERFORATION AND ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
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VERMIFORM APPENDIX, APPENDECTOMY:
- PERFORATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS WITH ACUTE PERIAPPENDICITIS.
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This is uncommon to see definitively on histology.
This is uncommon to see definitively on histology.
===Micro===
===Micro===
====Gangrenous appendicitis====
====Gangrenous appendicitis====
The sections shows appendiceal wall with marked acute transmural inflammation and necrotic appendiceal wall with large collections of neutrophils.  Several medium-sized blood vessels are thrombosed.  A thick layer of neutrophils cover the serosal aspect.
The sections show appendiceal wall with marked acute transmural inflammation and necrotic appendiceal wall with large collections of neutrophils.  Several medium-sized blood vessels are thrombosed.  A thick layer of neutrophils cover the serosal aspect.
 
=====Alternate - less developed=====
The sections show appendiceal wall with marked acute inflammation and a focally
necrotic appendiceal wall with large collections of neutrophils. Intravascular fibrin
is seen in medium-sized blood vessels. Clusters of neutrophils are seen on the serosal
aspect.


==See also==
==See also==
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