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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Eosinophilic appendicitis due to

Javier Páramo-Zunzunegui, Laura Rubio-López, Silvia Benito-Barbero, Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Javier Páramo-ZunzuneguiDepartment of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain javier.paramo@salud.madrid.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-0501
Laura Rubio-LópezDepartment of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
Silvia Benito-BarberoDepartment of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
Ángeles Muñoz-FernándezDepartment of Histopathology, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 45-year-old man presents with 48-hour status of high temperature, cough and dyspnoea. In the context of pandemic, the patient is initially diagnosed with COVID-19 syndrome. Later, the laboratory and ultrasound study supported acute appendicitis diagnosis. Appendicectomy was performed. The histopathology study confirmed eosinophilic appendicitis and that a parasitic infection was suspected. The stool sample was positive for

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AppendicitisCOVID-19Strongyloides stercoralisStrongyloidiasisAnimalsDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Spaininfection (gastroenterology)infectious diseasesmedical management

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PMID34078621
PMCPMC8173279

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