Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. This condition afflicts approximately seven percent of Americans at some point in their lives. Incidence of appendicitis is lower in regions of the world where dietary fiber is consumed in greater amounts than in the US.
Suppurative appendicitis has traditionally been considered a later stage of appendicitis, in which bacteria and inflammatory fluids accumulated in the lumen of the appendix enter the wall of the structure and subsequently cause intense pain.
The images below of acute suppurative appendicitis were captured with the
Fein Optic RB30 biological microscope using a
High Definition microscope camera.
