Non-neoplastic Diseases of Appendix

Periappendicitis in children: What does it mean?

“…Periappendicitis is a pathological diagnosis defined as inflammation of the serosa of the appendix that may extend into the muscularis propria but spares the mucosa 1 . Whilst this pathology may be present in any patient with widespread peritonitis, there is uncertainty about what this finding means after appendicectomy for suspected acute appendicitis when no other intra‐abdominal pathology has been identified at operation .…”