Appendix and Cecum ABSITE and Boards Review

This is ABSITE and Board Review on the appendix and cecum. The rest of colon/rectum will be in a different video. Watch, then try to redraw by going through the outline below.


1. Anatomy
2. Appendicitis
a. Symptoms
b. Amyand hernia
c. Differential in woman
d. Imaging
e. Surgery vs nonoperative
f. Appendicitis in pregnancy
g. If normal appendix at surgery…
h. Appendicitis with abscess/phlegmon
3. Appendiceal Cancer
a. Carcinoid, adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinoid
b. Mucocele
4. Typhlitis
5. CMV colitis
6. Intussusception
7. Ogilvie’s Syndrome
8. Cecal volvulus/bascule
9. Right colon diverticula
10. Right colon AVM