11.6 Appendix

Question 1

most common cause of acute abdomen

Answer 1

appendicitis

Question 2

in a kid, appendix most likely obstructed by

Answer 2

lymphoid hyperplasia

Question 3

in adults, appendix most likely obstructed by

Answer 3

fecalith

Question 4

Where is McBurney’s point?

Answer 4

RLQ

Question 5

presentation of appendicitis?

Answer 5

fever, nausea, periumbilical pain that eventually localizes to RLQ

Question 6

rupture of appendix results in peritonitis that p/w:

Answer 6

guarding and rebound tenderness

Question 7

common complication of appendicitis

Answer 7

peripappendiceal abscess