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REPORTS OF NINE CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

H. BRANDMAN, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1934;29(4):612-627.

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This article deals with appendicitis and similar acute inflammatory abdominal conditions as they occur in scarlet fever. It was prompted by the fact that these conditions were seen repeatedly in patients with scarlet fever admitted to the Durand Hospital. The histories of these cases, a review of cases found in the literature available, and comments on the incidence, pathogenesis, morbid anatomic characters, clinical aspects and treatment are presented.

These abdominal disorders, principally of the right lower quadrant and particularly appendicitis, have been seen in the various exanthems, in anginal disorders and in disease of the respiratory tract and lungs. They have been observed in measles, mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox, smallpox and typhus.¹ During widespread disease of the upper respiratory tract and in pulmonary and influenzal conditions, appendicitis has been noted in almost epidemic proportions.² Appendicitis has followed inflammatory tonsillar disease³ and rheumatic fever.⁴

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Author Affiliations
WHITING, IND.

From the Durand Hospital of the John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, Chicago.

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