Appendicitis

Alternate Name:

Test:

WCC (H), urine M/C/S (-), B.neutrophils (H)

Sign:

Abdominal rigidity, abdominal mass, abdominal rebound tenderness

Dd:

Gastroenteritis, mesenteric adenitis, peritonitis, pneumonia, ectopic pregnancy, salpingitis,, tor­sion of ovarian cyst, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, Meckel's diverticulitis, pyelonephritis, ureteric colic, ovarian follicle rupture, carcinoma of colon

Phys:

Inflammation of the vermiform appendix, often due to obstruction by a faecolith