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APPENDIX

ACUTE APPENDICITIS
A. Acute inflammation of the appendix; most common cause of acute abdomen
B. Related to obstruction of the appendix by lymphoid hyperplasia (children) or a fecalith
(adults)
C. Clinical features include
1. Periumbilical pain, fever, and nausea; pain eventually localizes to right lower quadrant
(McBurney point).
2. Rupture results in peritonitis that presents with guarding and rebound tenderness.
3. Periappendiceal abscess is a common complication.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE


A. Chronic, relapsing inflammation of bowel
B. Possibly due to abnormal immune response to enteric flora
C. Classically presents in
young women (teens to 30s) as recurrent** bouts of loody diarrhea and abdominal pain
More prevalent in the West, particularly in Caucasians and Eastern European Jews
D. Diagnosis of exclusion;
symptoms mimic other causes of bowel inflammation (e.g., infection).
E. Subclassified as ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease (Table !0.1)

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