Unless it becomes inflamed and requires surgical removal, most people never think about their appendix. Since its initial appearance in the medical literature centuries ago, this small worm-like pouch ...

John, aged 47, had sudden onset of midabdominal pain and nausea. Examination at a local emergency department (ED) revealed a diffusely tender abdomen without rebound or guarding. The ED physician sent ...

The appendix is a finger-like projection described as a blind-ended tube, usually several inches long, that is attached to the large intestine at its beginning known as the cecum. This is the area ...

APPENDICITIS is a condition in which the appendix, a small inconsequential appendage to the colon, becomes inflamed and swollen. Although waste matter from the bowel flows past the appendix, the ...

A 9-year-old Canadian boy presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of sudden, unremitting pain in the right iliac fossa. His medical history was otherwise unremarkable, and he had ...