[Changes in the peripheral blood picture in acute appendicitis in relation to accelerated development]

The authors have noted changes in the peripheral blood picture in patients with acute phlegmonous and catarrhal appendicitis for the last 20 years. General leukocytosis was found to be higher with a simultaneous elevation of a relative amount of lymphocytes, monocytes and eosinophils; the relative neutrophilia decreased with no changes in the absolute amount of neutrophils. The causes of these changes are supposed to be the same as those of acceleration.