sodium-ethylxanthate and Appendicitis

Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Appendectomy; Appendiceal Neoplasms; Appendicitis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Longevity; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Sex

Topics: Appendicitis; Black or African American; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Louisiana; Male; Physical Examination; Sex; White People

Topics: Aging; Appendicitis; Appendix; Calculi; Chemical Phenomena; Chemistry; Diagnosis, Differential; Feces; Humans; Pathology; Radiography; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Abdomen; Abdomen, Acute; Abdominal Cavity; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Appendix; Cornell Medical Index; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Neurotic Disorders; Pelvic Pain; Physical Fitness; Psychological Tests; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Surveys and Questionnaires

The clinical picture of regional enteritis was reviewed in 98 cases collected from five hospitals in the City of Edmonton. There was no apparent racial prevalence, although only one case was reported among Indians and Eskimos. More than one-half had their onset between the ages of 11 and 30 years. Men were more commonly affected than women. The onset in 44 patients was acute and closely mimicked acute appendicitis. Twenty-eight patients had had abdominal surgery prior to the onset of symptoms. Major symptoms were abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss. Abdominal tenderness, fever and abdominal mass were the most consistent physical signs. The most valuable diagnostic procedure was radiological examination of the bowel. Complications were largely confined to the gastrointestinal tract. In the majority of cases, surgery was the ultimate form of therapy.

Topics: Abdominal Pain; Acute Disease; Adolescent; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Canada; Child; Crohn Disease; Diagnosis; Diarrhea; Enteritis; Epidemiology; Female; Gastroenterostomy; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Genetics, Medical; Geriatrics; Hemorrhage; Humans; Intestinal Perforation; Male; Sex; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Topics: Acute Disease; Appendicitis; Child; Humans; Morbidity; Seasons; Sex

A study has been made of the influence of age and sex on the incidence of cases of appendicitis and of fatal appendicitis in children and young adults. Appendicitis is uncommon in children under the age of 5, but the proportion of cases complicated by peritonitis is large, and the death rate in the population of this age is relatively high. Appendicitis is very common in adolescents, but here the proportion of cases complicated by peritonitis is small. However, because of the frequency of the condition, the death rate in the general population of this age is high, with a maximum at about the age of 15 years. These findings are compatible with the suggestion that the appendix during the 'teens is particularly liable to obstruct and hence to become inflamed because of the large proportion of lymphoid tissue which it contains. Inflammation of the appendix is more common in males than in females, and this male excess is greater in infants and pre-school children than it is in children of school age.

Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Appendicitis; Child; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Sex