A case of dengue fever with acute appendicitis: Not dengue fever mimicking appendicitis

L Kumarasena, P Piranavan, S Bandara, W P G Pubudu, B Jayasundara, A De Silva
2015 The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery  
Key points:  Always consider acute appendicitis, when appropriate, with presentation of other disease  Alvarado provided a scoring system which counted elevated total leucocyte count and left shift in addition to clinical parameters, and most surgeons adapt this system.
doi:10.4038/sljs.v32i3.8111 fatcat:cbwchlteqfccli5x6n4gdr7xbm