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  2. Appendicitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis

    Appendicitis is most common between the ages of 5 and 40. [106] In 2013, it resulted in 72,000 deaths globally, down from 88,000 in 1990. [107]

  3. Rovsing's sign - Wikipedia

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    Rovsing's sign, named after the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927), [1] is a sign of appendicitis.If palpation of the left lower quadrant of a person's abdomen increases the pain felt in the right lower quadrant, the patient is said to have a positive Rovsing's sign and may have appendicitis.

  4. Epiploic appendagitis - Wikipedia

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    Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon, benign, self-limiting inflammatory process of the epiploic appendices.Other, older terms for the process include appendicitis epiploica and appendagitis, but these terms are used less now in order to avoid confusion with acute appendicitis.

  5. Category:Diseases of appendix - Wikipedia

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    Deaths from appendicitis (128 P) Pages in category "Diseases of appendix" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.

  6. Intra-abdominal infection - Wikipedia

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    MRI scan is less readily available than CT scan or ultrasound in hospitals to diagnose IAIs. However, it has been proposed to be used in those who are pregnant and have inconclusive findings on ultrasound. The sensitivity and specificity of MRI in diagnosing acute appendicitis are 94% and 96% respectively. [2]

  7. Murphy's triad - Wikipedia

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    Murphy's triad is a collection of three signs and symptoms associated with acute appendicitis, a medical emergency which presents with lower right abdominal pain (Right Lower Quadrant; RLQ), along with nausea, vomiting, and fever.

  8. Heel tap sign - Wikipedia

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    Heel tap sign, also called heel-jar or jar tenderness, is a clinical sign to identify appendicitis.It is found in patients with localized peritonitis.With the patient supine the right heel is elevated by 10-20 degrees is hit firmly with palm of the examiner's hand.

  9. Markle's sign - Wikipedia

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    acute appendicitis Markle's sign , or jar tenderness , is a clinical sign in which pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen is elicited by the heel-drop test (dropping to the heels, from standing on the toes, with a jarring landing).

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