The appendix is a normal true diverticulum of the cecum that is prone to inflammation (appendicitis).
Inflammation
- DD:
- Yersinia enterocolitica (pseudoappendicitis)
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Period pain
- Meckel diverticulum
- Most cases are associated with luminal obstruction
- A hard piece of feces, mucous, gallstone, or tumor
- As with every obstructed luminal organ -- a bacterial infection, followed by an immune