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Dados da literatura e casustica dos autores desse trabalho demonstram uma distribuio
similar quanto ao sexo, porm com idade mdia entre 4045 anos, portanto, acima daquela
encontrada nos pacientes com apendicite aguda.
A histopatologia da apendicite recorrente semelhante quela dos pacientes com apendicite
aguda, processo inflamatrio agudo, exsudativo, fibrinoleucocitrio e ulceraes flegmonosas.
Nos casos de apendicite crnica, os achados histopatolgicos so de inflamao crnica com
presena de linfcitos e eosinfilos dentro da parede celular, geralmente associada fibrose,
com ou sem obliterao luminal11.
Alguns dados do estudo retrospectivo de dez pacientes, com idade mdia de 42 anos e
durao mdia dos sintomas de 22,7 meses, todos operados e seguidos pelo autor desse
trabalho, esto dispostos na tabela I.
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Podemos afirmar que constituem doenas distintas e bem caracterizadas e devem ser
lembradas no diagnstico diferencial nos casos de dor no quadrante inferior direito de longa
durao, crnica ou recorrente. Portanto, informaes acerca dessas entidades devem ser
amplamente divulgadas na literatura cientfica e nas escolas mdicas.
Abstract: Chronic and recurrent appendicitis are pathologic conditions that differ from acute
appendicitis, the most common affection of the vermiform appendix.
The purpose of the present study was to describe in detail the clinical features, diagnosis and
pathology of those conditions.
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