Associating Appendicitis with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A Novel Insight into an Unexpected Connection.

Christoph RoderburgDirk WaldschmidtCatherine LeyhSarah KriegAndreas KriegTom LueddeSven Heiko Loosen Karel Kostev

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2024)

We provide evidence from a large cohort of outpatients in Germany suggesting a link between appendicitis and MASLD. This might help to better stratify patients according to their individual risk for the development of chronic liver diseases.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
oxidative stress
patient reported outcomes