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REPORT OF TWO CASES

HOWARD C. BALLENGER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;12(1):67-71.

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Appendicitis following tonsillectomy is apparently not common, judging from the literature, as a careful search failed to reveal any cases reported.

That such a relationship may exist is probable, for during recent years it has become increasingly evident that appendicitis or peritonitis may follow acute or chronic tonsillitis.

Kelynack,¹ in 1893, first called attention to the possibility of appendicitis following tonsillitis. Adrin,² in 1901, succeeded in producing appendicitis in rabbits by injecting staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, Bacillus typhosus, B. coli, B. anthracis and tubercle bacilli into the blood stream. Tedesco later confirmed Adrin's results, using staphylococci, streptococci and B. anthracis.

In 1916, Anderson³ reemphasized the apparent relationship between infection of the upper respiratory tract and that of the appendix. That such a relationship exists is suggested by the similar lymphoid tissue in each structure and by the frequently noted increased incidence of appendicitis during an epidemic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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CHICAGO

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Feb. 19, 1930.

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