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A retrospective case series was conducted at a teaching hospital with an emergency department (ED) census of 100,000 patients per year to identify the incidence of, and factors associated with, the misdiagnosis of appendicitis in nonpregnant women aged 15 to 45 years. There were 174 nonpregnant women identified with a pathologic diagnosis of appendicitis. Clinical features were then compared between...