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Does "acute mucosal appendicitis" need to be treated with an appendectomy or can it be treated with antibiotics? chance of reoccurance? if no surgery?
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Can't put back: It is pathological diagnosis based on histology from surgical specimen. Appendectomy is preferred treatment
Answered 8/25/2020
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