ENTEROBIUS-VERMICULARIS AND ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Authors
ALRABIA F HALIM MA ELLIS ME ABDULKAREEM A
Citation
F. Alrabia et al., ENTEROBIUS-VERMICULARIS AND ACUTE APPENDICITIS, Saudi medical journal, 17(6), 1996, pp. 799-803
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Saudi medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03795284
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
799 - 803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-5284(1996)17:6<799:EAAA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We present 4 cases of acute appendicitis and a further 2 cases with su spected intestinal obstruction who underwent appendicectomy. In all 6 there were histological findings of enterobius vermicularis appendicit is including 5 cases who had eosinophilic infiltration. This report su ggests that not all cases of appendicitis are idiopathic in etiology.