APPENDICITIS CONSEQUENT ON ACUTE PHARYNGITIS

Streptococcal acute pharyngitis.

Acute pharyngitis/tonsillitis, which is characterized by inflammation of the posterior pharynx and tonsils, is a common disease. Several viruses and bacteria can cause acute pharyngitis; however, Streptococcus pyogenes (also known as Lancefield group A β-hemolytic streptococci) is the only agent that requires an etiologic diagnosis and specific treatment. S. pyogenes is of major clinical import...

Acute Appendicitis

Acute Appendicitis

THE most serious feature of this disease is that the mortality is not diminishing to an extent commensurate with our experience of it. The Registrar-General's returns for Northern Ireland show an average of ninety-five deaths yearly from this cause during the ten-year period, 1920-9. In 1930 it caused eighty-six deaths in the Six Counties, and this despite a declining population. These figures ...

Acute appendicitis

US with graded compression technique has been considered the imaging study of choice for evaluating pregnant patients with abdominal pain because of its wide availability and lack of ionizing radiation {Lim, 1992 #8}. However, this technique has limitations including the difficulty in compressing the cecum with the US probe, particularly in the third trimester {Lim, 1992 #8}, and limited visual...

Acute Appendicitis

Appendicitis is a common condition requiring emergency surgery. About 7% of people will develop appendicitis sometime during their lifetime. Most cases occur in adolescents and young adults, with the incidence in men being slightly higher than in women. Although the diagnosis is clinically clear in classic presentations, it still remains elusive in atypical presentations; after missed myocardia...