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Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgicaldisease, and appendectomy is the treatment of choice in themajority of cases. The present study was conducted to assessthe prevalence of Appendicitis in a known population.Materials and Methods: The present study was conductedamong 140 patients of age group 20-60 years. The patient whowere diagnosed as Appendicitis by symptoms and confirmedby ultrasonography over the period of 6 months. Thesepatients were operated and confirmed by histopathologically.All the necessary information was collected by pretested, semistructured questionnaire.Results: In the present study proportion of male patients(53.57%) was more as compared to females (46.4%). Themost common age for appendicitis was found to be 20-30 i.e.(45%) followed by 31-40 (25%).41-50 (20%), 51-60 (10%). Themost common presenting complain was Pain in Abdomen(100%) followed by Fever (75.71%), Vomiting (52.14%). Inhistopathological diagnosis the most common diagnosis wasAcute Appendicitis (60%) followed by lymphoid hyperplasia(30%).Conclusion: Our study concluded that males were affectedmore by appendicitis, most common age for appendicitis was20-30 years, the most presenting complain was pain inabdomen and histological diagnosis shows that acuteappendicitis was most common.
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Chronic and recurrent appendicitis are pathologic conditions that differ from acute appendicitis, the most common affection of the vermiform appendix. The purpose of the present study was to describe in detail the clinical features, diagnosis and pathology of those conditions.
A apendicite crônica e a apendicite recorrente são condições patológicas que diferem da apendicite aguda, a afecção mais comum do apêndice vermiforme. O propósito desse artigo é decifrar com critério os aspectos clínicos, o diagnóstico e a histopatologia da apendicite crônica e da apendicite recorrente. Os dados da literatura e as experiências clínica e cirúrgica dos autores, demonstradas por 10 pacientes com idade média entre 40 e 45 anos, com distribuição similar quanto ao sexo, sendo 6 pacientes com apendicite recorrente e 4 com apendicite crônica, permitem concluir que a apendicite crônica e a recorrente já não devem ser mais uma controvérsia ou dúvida, mas um fato inequívoco de importâncias clínica e acadêmica. Portanto, seus conceitos merecem difusão na literatura científica e nas escolas médicas.