PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS : A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 73 VARIABLES
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Title | PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS : A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 73 VARIABLES |
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Abstract | This study lias been carried out on 70 patients who were admitted to S´tna Hospital emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of acute abdominal pain and underewent appendectomy.70 pathologic specimens (appendices) were studied macroscopicaky and microscopically; 46 cases were consequently diagnosed as appendicitis and 24 as non-appendicitis. All 70 specimens were examined carefully for the existence or measurement of the 73 variables. |
Publisher | Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
Date | 2012-10-20 |
Source | Acta Medica Iranica Vol 37, No 4 (1999) |