0 an illness in which the appendix is infected and painful and usually needs to be removed in an operation
1 a painful and serious infection of the appendix, which often results in the appendix being removed by an operation
A higher percentage of positivity was observed with the appendicitis group.
For example, in later pregnancy, physiological dislocation of the appendix may make the abdominal pain of appendicitis atypical in location.
The focus of the review was the diagnosis of appendicitis in nonpregnant, adult patients.
Have the evaluation and treatment of acute appendicitis changed with new technology?
Despite the prevalence of acute appendicitis, diagnosis remains problematic.
A strong boy should not have died from appendicitis.
Furthermore, a range of other conditions can mimic the clinical presentation of appendicitis, making a differential diagnosis problematic.
These include patients operated on for acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, hernia or non-toxic goitre.
