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To emphasize the clinical necessity of differentiating parasitic infections from acute appendicitis to prevent unnecessary surgical interventions.

March 24, 2014Turkish Journal of ParasitologyOpen Access

Parasitic Infections of the Appendix as a Cause of Appendectomy in Adult Patients

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HYHakan Yabanoğlu HAHüseyin Özgür Aytaç ETEmin Türk

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Clinical report highlights parasitic etiology mimicking acute appendicitis in adults, indicating that accurate diagnosis prevents negative laparotomy.

Key Points

To emphasize the clinical necessity of differentiating parasitic infections from acute appendicitis to prevent unnecessary surgical interventions.
Assessed adult appendectomy indications and parasitic etiologies that present as acute appendicitis.
Differential identification of parasitic infections reduces the rate of negative laparotomy procedures.
Accurate preoperative diagnosis prevents unnecessary surgical morbidity and mortality associated with nonessential abdominal surgery.

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Yabanoğlu et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ddd846fd84e72eb25582e1 https://doi.org/10.5152/tpd.2014.3217

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March 24, 2014Turkish Journal of ParasitologyOpen Access

Parasitic Infections of the Appendix as a Cause of Appendectomy in Adult Patients

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Authors

HYHakan Yabanoğlu HAHüseyin Özgür Aytaç ETEmin Türk

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Overview

Clinical report highlights parasitic etiology mimicking acute appendicitis in adults, indicating that accurate diagnosis prevents negative laparotomy.

Key Points

To emphasize the clinical necessity of differentiating parasitic infections from acute appendicitis to prevent unnecessary surgical interventions.
Assessed adult appendectomy indications and parasitic etiologies that present as acute appendicitis.
Differential identification of parasitic infections reduces the rate of negative laparotomy procedures.
Accurate preoperative diagnosis prevents unnecessary surgical morbidity and mortality associated with nonessential abdominal surgery.

Cite This Study

Yabanoğlu et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ddd846fd84e72eb25582e1 https://doi.org/10.5152/tpd.2014.3217

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