Granulomatous appendicitis in a 12-year-old boy.
Isolated granulomatous inflammation of the appendix is extremely rare, and its etiology is still unknown. We describe a 12-year-old boy with isolated granulomatous appendicitis where the etiology could not be clarified despite infectious criteria such as high fever and gastroenteritis. Children with epithelioid granulomatous appendicitis have a good prognosis following appendectomy.
Yayla
Derya
D
Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Cankiri State Hospital, 18200 Cankiri, Turkey. dryayla@yahoo.com
Alpman
Bedriye Nuray
BN
Dolek
Yasemin
Y
D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male