appendicitis/phosphatase

Phosphatase activity of neutrophils was studied in 342 patients directed to the hospital with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, and in 56 healthy children. The index of phosphatase activity of neutrophils (IPAN) was found to be considerably increased in all forms of appendicitis in childhood. An

The activities of leucine amino peptidase (LAP) and acid phosphatase (Acid-P), conceivable markers of acute appendicitis, were determined in the portal blood of rabbits with acute appendicitis. An experimental model of acute appendicitis was established using No.-O silk ties to block the base of the

The diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be surprisingly difficult without computed tomography, which carries significant radiation exposure. Circulating blood cells may carry informative changes in their RNA expression profile that would signal internal infection or inflammation of the

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of the abdomen, but is still misdiagnosed in a large number of cases because of the the poor accuracy of the different radiologic and laboratory exams. Like in intestinal ischemia, an ischemic factor causes necrosis of the

By applying enzyme electrophoresis in the agar gel prepared on veronal-medinal buffer (pH 8.6) (the substrate was naphthol AS phosphate; the dye was fast blue B or PP), the authors first revealed mixed salivary alkaline phosphatase (AP) that differed in physicochemical properties from the known

Biophila wadsworthia is a recently recognized nonspore-forming anaerobic gram-negative rod and is reported to be associated with various infections such as gangrenous perforated appendicitis, peritonitis, osteomyelitis and bacteremia. Although the isolation of B. wadsworthia seems to be facilitated

Ascaris lumbricoides is a worldwide intestinal infestation that may cause various complications. Biliary ascariasis, however, is a rare condition. We describe a child with biliary ascariasis. The patient's clinical symptoms were pain, vomiting and abdominal tenderness, and she was thought to have

METHODS A 35-year-old woman was admitted because of cramp-like abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting since the previous evening. There was no history of previous abdominal symptoms of jaundice. Physical examination suggested atypical appendicitis with pain on palpation of the right mid-abdomen,

We sought to determine whether laboratory parameters could be found, predictive of a negative abdominal CT scan in young adults with nontraumatic abdominal pain. Following institutional review board approval, we evaluated CT reports of 522 patients, aged 21-35 years old, who presented to the

BACKGROUND Appendixes removed from patients with suspected appendicitis often appear normal on histological examination. We examined appendix specimens for expression of abnormal amounts of cytokines, an indicator of an inflammatory response. METHODS Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and