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What is difference between inflamed appendix and prominent appendix?
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Guesswork: sounds like you are reading a imaging report..perhaps based on a CT scan or ultrasound. The description is based on the radiologists experience, and is based on the appearance of the appendix and the tissue around it. Only a surgical exploration can tell for sure what is going on. Appendicitis usually means infection, while many things can make an appendix appear prominant.
Answered 8/9/2014
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Changes: In an inflamed appendix there are changes involving the wall and the immediate surroundings as the inflammation propagates through while a prominent appendix is just a large appendix with no changes involving its walls.
Answered 8/9/2014
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