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Healed Appendicitis
Etiology

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Pathogenesis

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Epidemiology

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General Gross Description

This uncommon lesion commonly resembles a normal appendix on external examination
The lumen shows fibrous obliteration
Some cases with marked fibrosis show mild widening of the appendix with an increased grey white appearance to the serosa
•Examples:
General Microscopic Description

Partial fibrous replacement of the muscularis propria with or without some resolving chronic inflammation is required for the diagnosis as well as fibrous or fibrofatty obliteration of the lumen
Fibrofatty obliteration of the lumen alone is not considered to represent healed appendicitis and its cause is unknown
•Examples:
Fibrosis (Healed Appendicitis) (4X)
References

Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 823-824

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Healed Appendicitis
Synopsis by: Martin Nadel M.D. (T66000M49000)[193]
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