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P Andreou1, S Blain, C E Du Boulay
1Department of Pathology, Southhampton General Hospital, UK.
Abstract:
In a study of 101 autopsy appendices and over 3000 surgically resected appendices the range of histopathological features seen in each group is described. Fibrosis and faecoliths were more common in the older autopsy group than in the younger surgically resected group. The high incidence of fibrosis in the autopsy group suggests that this is an age-related change, although some may be due to previous inflammation. The low incidence of faecoliths in the surgically resected group does not support the hypothesis that they are a major cause of appendicitis.
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