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Table 1 Modified Alvarado Scoring System (MASS) F

From: Modified Alvarado Scoring System as a diagnostic tool for Acute Appendicitis at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Symptoms

Score

Migratory right iliac fossa pain

1

Nausea/Vomiting

1

Anorexia

1

Signs

 

Tenderness in right iliac fossa

2

Rebound tenderness in right iliac fossa

1

Elevated temperature

1

Laboratory findings

 

Leucocytosis

2

Total

9