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Mind Map by v.djabatey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by v.djabatey
over 10 years ago
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Mesenteric adenitis
- mimics acute appendicitis
- usually the result of an intercurrent viral infection
- typical presentation
- fever
- malaise
- central abdominal pain
- fever
- diagnosis
- definitive only if
- at laparotomy or laparoscopy
- large mesenteric nodes are seen
- appendix is normal
- large mesenteric nodes are seen
- at laparotomy or laparoscopy
- period of observation usually necessary
- w/ MeA sx remain
static or improve
(cw appendicitis)
- w/ MeA sx remain
static or improve
(cw appendicitis)
- definitive only if
- accounts for the majority of children
who undergo normal appendicectomy
- after surgery post-op course is uneventful
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