Introduction
Case report
Discussion
No. | Author | Year | Sex | Age | Medical history/coexisting disease | Appendix condition | Results |
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1 | Mazza [5] | 1987 | Female | 59 | None | Perforated appendicitis | Death |
2 | Guirguis [6] | 1989 | Female | 80 | Atrial fibrillation, hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, prescribed four drugs | Gangrenous appendix in an incarcerated femoral hernia | Alive |
3 | Jacobs [7] | 1993 | Female | 44 | Not described | Perforated appendicitis | Alive |
4 | Gerber [8] | 1994 | Male | 85 | Alzheimer’s dementia | Perforated appendicitis | Alive |
5 | Bobrow [9] | 1996 | Male | 63 | Hypertension, congestive heart failure, depression, insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus | Perforated appendicitis with abscess formation | Death |
6 | Groth [10] | 1999 | Female | 49 | Hypertension | Perforated appendicitis | Alive |
7 | Harwant [11] | 2001 | Female | 66 | Not described | Phlegmonous appendicitis | Death |
8 | Awe [3] | 2003 | Female | 28 | Not described | Perforated appendicitis with an appendicocutaneous fistula | Alive |
9 | Mukoyama [12] | 2003 | Male | 77 | Depression | Necrotizing appendicitis | Alive |
10 | Marron [13] | 2005 | Female | 67 | Not described | Incarceration of an inguinal hernia containing the appendix alone (Amyand’s hernia) | Alive |
11 | Penninga [14] | 2006 | Female | 33 | None | Perforated appendicitis | Alive |
12 | Chen [15] | 2010 | Female | 76 | Congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal insufficiency | Perforated appendicitis with abscess formation | Alive |
13 | Our case | 2010 | Male | 76 | Diabetes mellitus, alcoholic liver cirrhosis, hypertension, cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, normal pressure hydrocephalus, gastric cancer | Perforated appendicitis with an appendicocutaneous fistula | Death |