yemenjmedYemen Journal of MedicinecoVolume 2 Issue 3MultidisciplinaryEnglishSeptember-DecemberNNY20231219ArticleAcute eosinophilic appendicitis in a case of chronic abdominal painEnglishY182183RNagamahendran1EnglishNSmritiMathur2EnglishYVaibhavDubey3EnglishYSourabhBhutani4EnglishY10.32677/yjm.v2i3.4252Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies worldwide [1]. Although the etiology is multifactorial, direct luminal obstruction mainly by a fecalith is reported to be the primary and principal cause. Acute eosinophilic appendicitis (AEA) was first described in 1997 by Aravindan et al. described as a rare variant of acute appendicitis [2]. With more research, they proposed that a type I hypersensitivity reaction may be the underlying cause. Prior to histopathologic analysis, it may be difficult to distinguish AEA from conventional acute appendicitis because these two conditions are often similar in their clinical presentation, laboratory results, and radiographic features.Englishhttps://yemenjmed.com/admin/abstract?id=87References1619Moris D, Paulson EK, Pappas TN. Diagnosis and Management of Acute Appendicitis in Adults: A Review. JAMA. 2021 Dec 14;326(22):2299-2311.Aravindan KP, Vijayaraghavan D, Manipadam MT. Acute eosinophilic appendicitis and the significance of eosinophil - Edema lesion. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2010 Apr-Jun;53(2):258-61.Breeding E, Conran RM. Educational Case: Acute Appendicitis. Acad Pathol. 2020 Jun 1;7:2374289520926640.Yaeger AA, Cheng PM, Tatishchev S, et al. Acute eosinophilic appendicitis: a radiologic-pathologic correlation. Clin Imaging. 2018 Sep-Oct;51:337-340.Kazemzadeh H, Afshar-Moghadam N, Meamar AR, et al. Enterobious vermicularis and the Appendix: report of five cases. Iranian Journal of Parasitology. 2008;3(3):54-5.Sharifdini M, Nematdoost K, Shafiei R, et al. Acute eosinophilic appendicitis caused by Taenia saginata: A case report. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Mar 26;64:102241.Ahn SR, Lee JH. Acute Eosinophilic Appendicitis: A Rare Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage. Korean J Gastroenterol. 2021 Aug 25;78(2):134-137.Shrestha R, Shrestha A, Tiwari M, et al. Role of Eosinophils in Acute Appendicitis. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2015 Jan-Mar;53(197):12-7.