Histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens: a retrospective clinicopathological analysis.
The prevalence and clinical features of the various obstructive lesions in appendectomy specimens studied pathologically with special emphasis on unusualetiological findings were evaluated. The clinic-pathological data of 251 patients who underwent appendectomies for presumed acute appendicitis from January; 2008 to December; 2010; were reviewed retrospectively. Among all appendectomies performed, eleven (4.38%) specimens revealed incidental abnormal pathological diagnoses: Four cases (1.59%) of Enterobiusvermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides two cases (0.79 %), schistosomiasis eggs in three cases (1.19%), and parasitic amebiasis in two cases (0.79%). None suffered tumor in any appendectomies specimens. Mean age was lower, perforated and gangrenous appendicitis was absent and negative appendectomy rate was higher in patients with unusual appendix pathology.
Department of General Surgery, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Warak El-Hadar, Kornish El-Nile, Imbaba P.O. Box 30, Giza, 12411, Egypt. hedayamsm@yahoo.com
Mohamed Saied
MS
Hedya
Magid Mahmoud
MM
Nasr
Hussein
H
Ezzat
Hussam Mohamed
HM
Hamdy
Ahmed Mohamed Abdelaziz
AM
Hassan
Olfat
O
Hammam
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult