Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them ...

Appendicitis is a common and sometimes serious medical condition, but what exactly causes it, and how is it treated?

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized ...

Appendicitis is when the appendix gets blocked and becomes infected. The appendix is a small organ attached to the large intestine in the lower right side of the belly. Appendicitis is a medical ...

Findings from a new study indicate that appendicitis, but not appendectomy per se, is responsible for the reduced incidence of ulcerative colitis commonly associated with this surgical procedure ...

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston thought he was "probably going to die" after getting appendicitis Sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has revealed he had appendicitis on his famous solo round-the-world voyage.

Post-colonoscopy appendicitis should be considered in the diagnostic workup of post-colonoscopy abdominal pain. We thank the patient for agreeing to allow us to publish this interesting case report.

Background and Aim: Obstruction of the lumen of the appendix is the major cause of appendicitis. Tumors could obstruct this lumen and cause appendicitis in the elderly. The association between ...

It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...

Right iliac fossa pain is a common cause of presentation of patients to the emergency department and the case as seen by us goes on to highlight that other disease processes can mimic appendicitis. A ...

"Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in a timely manner, but on the other hand the most common diagnostic tool we ...