Onuigbo W I
Dis Colon Rectum. 1977 Nov-Dec;20(8):679-80. doi: 10.1007/BF02586689.
Appendicitis is reputed to be rare or unknown in African communities, but this is not true of the Igbos of Nigeria, West Africa. This paper reports the histologic features of appendices from eight Igbo patients who underwent interval appendectomy two to six months after conservative treatment for appendiceal masses that resolved satisfactorily. Resolution was complete histologically in the two children in the series. In five adult patients, one or more sections of the appendix contained residual inflammation or luminal obliteration. In the remaining adult patient, schistosomiasis coexisted with both inflammation and obliteration.
阑尾炎在非洲社区被认为罕见或不为人知，但西非尼日利亚的伊博族并非如此。本文报告了8例伊博族患者阑尾的组织学特征，这些患者在对阑尾肿块进行保守治疗且肿块令人满意地消退后2至6个月接受了间隔期阑尾切除术。该系列中的2名儿童在组织学上炎症完全消退。在5名成年患者中，阑尾的一个或多个切片存在残余炎症或管腔闭塞。在其余成年患者中，血吸虫病与炎症和闭塞并存。
