Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Manipal Hospital Yeshwanthpur, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560055, Karnataka, India.
Natl Med J India. 2021 Nov-Dec;34(6):341-342. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_875_21.
We describe typhoid appendicitis in a 19-year-old girl. The appendix showed aggregates of macrophages in the mucosa and in the wall. Blood culture yielded Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. The presence of macrophages in an appendicectomy specimen should prompt the pathologist to consider the possibility of typhoid fever, even in the absence of supporting microbiological investigations.
我们描述了一例 19 岁女孩的伤寒性阑尾炎。阑尾黏膜和壁层可见巨噬细胞聚集。血培养检出肠炎沙门氏菌 Typhi 血清型。即使缺乏支持微生物学检查的证据，在阑尾切除标本中见到巨噬细胞时，病理医生也应考虑到伤寒的可能性。
