Difference between revisions of "Vermiform appendix"

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DDx:<ref>[http://granuloma.homestead.com/appendicitis.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/appendicitis.html]</ref>
DDx:<ref>[http://granuloma.homestead.com/appendicitis.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/appendicitis.html]</ref>
*Yersinia appendicitis.<ref name=pmid11257626>{{cite journal |author=Lamps LW, Madhusudhan KT, Greenson JK, ''et al.'' |title=The role of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in granulomatous appendicitis: a histologic and molecular study |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=508–15 |year=2001 |month=April |pmid=11257626 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
*Yersinia appendicitis.<ref name=pmid11257626>{{cite journal |author=Lamps LW, Madhusudhan KT, Greenson JK, ''et al.'' |title=The role of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in granulomatous appendicitis: a histologic and molecular study |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=508–15 |year=2001 |month=April |pmid=11257626 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
**Yersinia = gram negative rod.
**Yersinia = gram negative rod (red on [[Gram stain]]).
**"Safety pin"-like appearance.<ref>URL: [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/p1.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/p1.htm]. Accessed on: 30 June 2011.</ref>
*Other micro-organism (TB, fungus).
*Other micro-organism (TB, fungus).
*[[Crohn's disease]].
*[[Crohn's disease]].
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Features:
Features:
*[[Granulomas]].
*[[Granulomas]].
*+/-"Safety pin"-like organisms (Yersinia).
Image(s):
*[http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/p1.htm Yersinia (CDC)].


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