{"id":524,"date":"2023-05-05T07:32:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/?p=524"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T07:32:57","slug":"2-what-causes-an-acute-appendicitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"2. What causes an acute appendicitis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.synthesys.io\/js\/synthesys_widget.js?v=3.6\"><\/script>\n<script>\n    var sysWidget = new SysWidget({ token: \"2092147e-3330-4287-b2e4-4ff91fa7d292\" }); \n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Correct answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acute appendicitis usually occurs when the appendix is obstructed by a faecolith or foreign body in the lumen, by a fibrous stricture in its wall from previous inflammation, or by enlargement of lymphoid follicles in its wall secondary to inflammation of its mucosa; rarely it is associated with an obstructing carcinoid tumour near its base. Occasionally, acute appendicitis occurs proximal to an obstructing lesion (usually carcinoma) in the caecum or ascending colon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correct answer: Acute appendicitis usually occurs when the appendix is obstructed by a faecolith or foreign body in the lumen, by a fibrous stricture in its wall from previous inflammation, or by enlargement of lymphoid follicles in its wall secondary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgqs.dratef.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}