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Fourty one cases of appendectomy were studied. The cross-sectional study used an interviewer questionnaire which was precoded and designed to obtain relevant data; in addition to bacteriological and histopathological examinations. Appendicitis was common among age group [15-20] years of age. Abdominal pain was the chief complain of all cases. Other associated symptoms, were in decreased order of frequency, general malaise, nausea, loss of appetite, low fever, vomiting, high fever, diarrhea, and constipation. Acutely inflamed appendix was the commonest gross pathological observation and was commonly of the obstructive type. Histopathological findings included: Acute inflammation, lymphoid hyperplasia, gangrene, or chronic inflammation. The microbiological findings were in order of frequency of isolation: E. coli, Kelbsiella, Staphylococci, and Bacteroids
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Medios de Cultivo , Escherichia coli , Klebsiella , Bacteroides , Staphylococcus , Histología , PatologíaRESUMEN
A 550 different cases of cancer were diagnosed in pathological laboratory of Hilla surgical hospital from 1985-1992. 243; 44.18% males, 307; 55.82% females were identified. The results revealed that the skin, bladder, larynx, and prostate cancer were the first four types of cancer in males while the skin, breast, larynx, and bladder were reported in females age pattern of occurrence resembles that of other studies. They showed variation in frequency of each cancer type from year to year