periappendicitis
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periappendicitis
[¦per·ē·ə‚pen·də′sīd·əs] (medicine)
Inflammation of the tissue around the vermiform process, or of the serosal region of the vermiform appendix.
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Acute inflammation was found in one third (n=8), with phlegmonous inflammation and/or
periappendicitis in 4 of them (Figure 3B).
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Periappendicitis was defined as inflammation of the layers of the appendix wall, most commonly the serosa, with sparing of the mucosa.
Delayed small bowel perforation due to blunt abdominal trauma and
periappendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a report of a case.
Hayabuchi, "Pelvic inflammatory disease with
periappendicitis in a pediatric patient," Radiation Medicine, vol.
The vermiform appendix was dilated, with lymphoid hyperplasia and acute
periappendicitis. Special stains for acid-fast bacilli and fungi were negative for organisms.
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