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01-08-2020 | Appendicitis | Letter to the Editor

Is schistosomiasis japonica a negative short-term or long-term prognostic factor in patients with acute appendicitis?

Author: Hytham K. S. Hamid

Published in: Japanese Journal of Radiology | Issue 8/2020

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New purported associations between schistosomiasis and human pathologies keep emerging to highlight the burden of this tropical disease, nonetheless causal inference remains controversial. Among these, schistosome-associated acute appendicitis (SAA) has been reported in 0.003–2.1% of appendiceal surgical specimens [1]. In a recent article on the CT characteristics in the diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum)-associated appendicitis, Valluru and colleagues pointed significant differences between SAA and ordinary acute appendicitis [2]. We would like to share some observations. …

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Title: Is schistosomiasis japonica a negative short-term or long-term prognostic factor in patients with acute appendicitis?
Author: Hytham K. S. Hamid
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Appendicitis
Appendicitis
Schistosomiasis
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Published in: Japanese Journal of Radiology / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 1867-1071
Electronic ISSN: 1867-108X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-020-00927-3

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