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21 paź 2024 · A perforated appendix is one of the complications of acute appendicitis. When appendicitis is left untreated, necrosis (gangrene) of the appendiceal wall can occur and progress to a focal rupture.
28 wrz 2024 · Acute appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix. It is a very common condition in general radiology practice and is one of the main reasons for abdominal surgery in young patients. CT is the most sensitive modality to detect appendicitis.
The wall changes and surrounding fluid suggest necrosis/gangrene and presage perforation. An urgent operation was performed which found: perforated appendicitis. appendix, cecum and terminal ileum conglomerate inflammatory mass.
1 wrz 2020 · Perforation: Paradoxically, at a more advanced stage appendiceal dilatation can cause thinning of the appendiceal wall associated with possibly transmural ulcers and focal or diffuse necrosis, leading to porosity. The presence of air outside the appendix is a classical finding of perforated appendicitis.
5 lip 2020 · Surgery revealed perforated appendicitis. Here the different stages of spontaneously resolving appendicitis are schematically represented. By the time patients with spontaneous resolving appendicitis undergo US, most are then in the stage of reactive hyperemia and reperfusion edema.
1 gru 2006 · For continuous variables, a comparison of means between the perforated and nonperforated groups was performed by using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. For categorical variables, the sensitivity and specificity of each CT finding for the diagnosis of perforated appendicitis were determined.
1 maj 2003 · Acute appendicitis from luminal obstruction is the most common manifestation for most tumor types. Other manifestations include intussusception, a palpable mass, gastrointestinal bleeding, increasing abdominal girth (from pseudomyxoma peritonei), and secondary genitourinary complications.
