title: Appendicitis in the elderly. A diagnostic challenge.
authors: Harbor-UCLA Medical, Torrance 90509.
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Klein
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Layden
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Wright
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: White
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors