The Appendix Looked Routine on Every Scan but What Surgeons Found Inside Carries a Twentyfold Higher Tumor Rate
Acute appendicitis is one of the most familiar diagnoses in emergency medicine, affecting an estimated 7% to 10% of people worldwide. The workup is well worn: right lower abdominal pain, elevated white cells, an inflamed appendix on ultrasound or CT, then surgery. A 53-year-old man followed that script exactly. He arrived with right lower abdominal…