title: Appendix abscess: a surgical giant presenting as a geriatric giant.
abstract: METHODS
  A women aged 102 years presented with falls and was found to have an atypical presentation of appendicitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This illustrates the non-specific presentation of disease in old age and the importance of a careful medical assessment of people who have fallen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine for Elderly People, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kafetz
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous