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The xanthogranulomatous type of inflammation is most-commonly seen in pyelonephritis and cholecystitis, although it has more recently been described in an array of other locations including bronchi, lung, endometrium, vagina, fallopian tubes, ovary, testis, epididymis, stomach, colon, ileum, pancreas, bone, lymph nodes, bladder, adrenal gland, abdomen and muscle. [5]
No sign of appendicitis in specimens, negative appendectomy, varies but has been estimated to occur in 13% of specimens. [76] Notably, appendix cancer is found incidentally in about 1% of appendectomy specimens. [77] [78] Pathology diagnosis of appendicitis can be made by detecting a neutrophilic infiltrate of the muscularis propria.
Lockwood's sign is a medical sign that indicates Crohn's disease [1] and/or chronic appendicitis. [2] This sign is named after the English surgeon and anatomist, Charles Barrett Lockwood, who stated that: "The patient lies on his back with his head raised on a pillow and his knees drawn up, so that the superficial abdominal muscles are relaxed.
In medicine, Carnett's sign is a finding on clinical examination in which abdominal pain remains unchanged or increases when the muscles of the abdominal wall are tensed. [1] [2] For this part of the abdominal examination, the patient can be asked to lift the head and shoulders from the examination table to tense the abdominal muscles.
It is similar to acute appendicitis. The pain is of a few days duration centering in the right lower or upper quadrant. Imaging is required to obtain an accurate diagnosis due to the common misdiagnosis of omental infarction as appendicitis or cholecystitis. Omental infarction occurs commonly in pediatric patients approximately 15 percent of cases.
The sign indicates aggravation of the parietal peritoneum by stretching or moving. Positive Blumberg's sign is indicative of peritonitis, [3] which can occur in diseases like appendicitis, and may occur in ulcerative colitis with rebound tenderness in the right lower quadrant.
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pathology: various including trauma and neoplasm: basophilic inclusions in peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils Doi's sign: Hitoka Doi: neurology: Eaton–Lambert syndrome: reappearance of absent deep tendon reflexes after short period of maximal muscle contraction Dunphy's sign: Osborne Joby Dunphy: surgery: appendicitis: increase in abdominal ...