title: Idiopathic granulomatous appendicitis. Report of five cases, one of which presented as migratory arthritis.
abstract: The clinical presentation of acute appendicitis and the idiopathic granulomatous variety are, as a rule, indistinguishable. Five patients with idiopathic granulomatous appendicitis, treated during past decade, had histological acute and chronic appendicitis abounding with granulomas. Investigations not disclosing a systemic or enteric granulomatous disease and the patients' long-term complete postoperative recovery support the diagnosis of idiopathic granulomatous appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Naschitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yeshurun
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rozenbaum
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Misselevich
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Boss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*