title: Granulomatous appendicitis in a 12-year-old boy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Cankiri State Hospital, 18200 Cankiri, Turkey. dryayla@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yayla
authors.forename: Bedriye Nuray
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Alpman
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dolek
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male