Es una inflamación del apéndice, un pequeño saco que se encuentra adherido al intestino grueso.
La apendicitis es una de las causas más comunes de cirugÃa abdominal de emergencia en los Estados Unidos y generalmente ocurre después de una obstrucción del apéndice por heces, un cuerpo extraño o, en raras ocasiones, por un tumor .
US Food and Drug Administration. FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on use of NeutroSpec, [Technetium (99m TC) Fanolesomab], Imaging Agent for Diagnosis of Appendicitis. Rockville, MD: National Press Office; December 19, 2005. Press Release P05-104.
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