Content of total immunoglobulin E in patients with acute appendicitis

: The authors investigated the content of total immunoglobulin E in 34 patients with different forms of acute appendicitis. Higher level of immunoglobulin E was revealed in 19 patients. All the patients had destructive forms of appendicitis, in the third of the patients they were complicated by the development of local peritonitis or by spread of the inflammation outside the appendix. The postoperative period in patients with the elevated level of immunoglobulin E was characterized by a higher incidence of purulent wound complications which can be accounted for by the initially more severe forms of lesions of the appendix.