title: Appendectomy in the gynecological setting: intraoperative findings and corresponding histopathology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the intraoperative findings and corresponding histopathology associated with appendectomies performed during benign gynecological surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two appendectomies were performed from 2002 through 2008 at Hutzel Women's Hospital due to intraoperative findings of inflammation or erythema (n = 8), periappendiceal adhesions (n = 5), injury to the appendix or mesoappendix (n = 2), fecalith (n = 2), dilation of the appendix (n = 1), adnexal mass involving the appendix (n = 1), and suspected lipoma (n = 1). Final pathology was consistent with significant findings such as acute inflammation, periappendicitis, and adhesions or endometriosis involving the appendix in 68.2% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the benign gynecological setting, appendectomies were primarily performed due to inflammation or erythema. In the majority of cases, significant appendiceal pathology was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Mich., USA.
authors.forename: Valerie I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shavell
authors.forename: Haider M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: Awoniyi O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Awonuga
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: Raja M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gidwani
authors.forename: Mujtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Jay M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult