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https://read.qxmd.com/read/30819303/appendiceal-malignancy-the-hidden-risks-of-nonoperative-management-for-acute-appendicitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kristen M Westfall, Rebecca Brown, Anthony G Charles
One potential harm of nonoperative management for acute appendicitis is missed appendiceal cancer, a rare and often aggressive malignancy due to the frequency of late stage of diagnosis. Previous studies have reported an increasing incidence of appendiceal neoplasms in the population. This is a retrospective case-control study of 1007 adult patients, who presented to the University of North Carolina-Memorial Hospital (UNC-MH) between 2011 and 2015 with clinical signs and symptoms of appendicitis. We evaluated the incidence of primary appendiceal cancer in this population and determined factors that predict appendiceal cancer diagnosis using multivariate logistic regression analysis...
February 1, 2019: American Surgeon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28286544/acute-appendicitis-inflammatory-appendiceal-mass-and-the-risk-of-a-hidden-malignant-tumor-a-systematic-review-of-the-literature
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Frederico José Ribeiro Teixeira, Sérgio Dias do Couto Netto, Eduardo Hiroshi Akaishi, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama, Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo, Marcelo Cristiano Rocha
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is significantly common. Despite the increased use of computed tomography, the number of perforated cases has been stable in the past three decades. Between 2% and 6% of patients with acute appendicitis present appendiceal mass, often described as inflammatory phlegmon or abscess. Malignant tumors are confirmed by pathological analysis in 0.9-1.4% of all appendectomies performed to treat acute appendicitis. However, recent series demonstrate an elevated incidence of malignancies, ranging from 5...
2017: World Journal of Emergency Surgery: WJES
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25748875/faecal-retention-a-common-cause-in-functional-bowel-disorders-appendicitis-and-haemorrhoids-with-medical-and-surgical-therapy
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Dennis Raahave
The present studies explored whether faecal retention in the colon is a causative factor in functional bowel disease, appendicitis, and haemorrhoids. Faecal retention was characterized by colon transit time (CTT) after radio-opaque marker ingestion and estimation of faecal loading on abdominal radiographs at 48 h and 96 h. Specific hypotheses were tested in patients (n = 251 plus 281) and in healthy random controls (n = 44). A questionnaire was completed for each patient, covering abdominal and anorectal symptoms and without a priori grouping...
March 2015: Danish Medical Journal
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