2023
DOI: 10.29011/2575-9760.001757
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Acute Appendicitis Secondary to Metastatic Malignancy - A Review of 78 Cases in Literature

Abstract: Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen presentation to the emergency department. Appendicectomy is one of the most common emergency operations performed. Appendicitis is attributed to lymphoid hyperplasia or faecolith causing obstruction of the appendiceal lumen. Other causes include helminth infection, primary appendiceal tumours, malignancy, and calculi. Metastatic malignancy causing acute appendicitis is very uncommon. In this article, we review the literature that … Show more

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