06-09-2006, 11:24 AM
GASTRO
8. A 15-year-old girl has fever, nausea, and acute abdominal pain and tenderness. Laboratory studies show a neutrophilic leukemoid reaction. A laparotomy and appendectomy are done. Which of the following histologic findings will establish the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
A) Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia
B) Histiocytic infiltrate of the lamina propria
C) Lymphoid infiltrate of the mucosa
D) Mucosal ulceration
E) Neutrophilic infiltrate of the muscularis
8. A 15-year-old girl has fever, nausea, and acute abdominal pain and tenderness. Laboratory studies show a neutrophilic leukemoid reaction. A laparotomy and appendectomy are done. Which of the following histologic findings will establish the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
A) Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia
B) Histiocytic infiltrate of the lamina propria
C) Lymphoid infiltrate of the mucosa
D) Mucosal ulceration
E) Neutrophilic infiltrate of the muscularis