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Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
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- Perforated Appendicitis
- Ruptured Appendicitis
- Appendicitis, Perforated
- Appendicitis, Ruptured
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Appendicitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001064. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001064
- Appendicitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis
- Appendicitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121041