ACUTE APPENDICITIS Symptoms Clinical Features Diagnosis Treatment

ACUTE APPENDICITIS Symptoms Clinical Features Diagnosis Treatment

ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Acute appendicitis is acute inflammation of the appendix.

Acute appendicitis usually occurs in 2nd and 3rd de­cades in males and females equally.

Perforation is common in infancy and elderly.

appendicitis has been recognized as one of the most common causes of the acute abdomen worldwide,Classic presentations, which occur about 60% of the time, include abdominal pain (initially diffuse, gradually localizing to the right lower quadrant), loss of appetite, nausea, fever, and an elevated white blood cell count

Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix, 1st described by Reginald Fitz in 1886