[Surgical aspects of periodic disease abdominal paroxysms].

Thorough investigation of abdomenalgia symptoms in 220 patients allowed to reveal a number of peculiarities of the periodic disease (PD) promoting the correct diagnosis. The case history data, pain localization, fever and great potentialities of diagnostic laparoscopy carried on during the acute paroxysm of the abdominal form of PD are of great significance. The differential diagnosis of PD acute paroxysm and urgent pathology of the organs of the abdominal cavity are considered by the author to be possible when using diagnostic laparoscopy in difficult situations.