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Non-appendicitis Pathologies during Appendectomy
Table 1: Gender distribution of the patients
Frequency Percent
Valid Male 89 61.4
Female 56 38.6
Total 145 100.0

Table 2: Age
N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. deviation
Age 145 16.00 57.00 27.8069 8.34024

Fig. 3: Inflamed cecal diverticulum

Fig. 1: Right ovarian torsion with gangrene

Fig. 4: Resected inflamed sigmoid appendicitis epiploica

Table 3: Distribution of non-appendiceal pathology by gender and age
Sex
Male Female Age Total
Ruptured ovarian cyst 1 20 1
Ruptured ovarian cyst 1 24 1
Ruptured ovarian cyst 1 28 1
Torsion ovary 1 30 1
Meckel’s diverticulitis 1 31 1
Fig. 2: Gangrenous Mickel’s diverticulum
Inflamed sigmoid appendices 1 33 1
epiploica
and 56 (38.6%) patients were females (Table 1). The mean age was Inflamed cecal diverticulum 1 44 1
27.81 ± 8.34 years (Table 2). The minimum age was 16 years and Total Ruptured ovarian cyst 0 3 3
younger patients were operated by pediatric surgery staff. Torsion ovary 0 1 1
During laparoscopic exploration, the cause of acute abdomen Meckel’s diverticulitis 1 0 1
was discovered not to be acute appendicitis in 7 (4.83%) patients;
3 cases had ruptured ovarian cyst, 1 case had torsion ovary (Fig. 1), Inflamed cecal diverticulum 0 1 1
1 patient had acute Meckel’s diverticulitis (Fig. 2), 1 patient had Inflamed sigmoid appendices 1 0 1
caecal diverticulitis (Fig. 3), and 1 patient had inflamed sigmoid epiploica
appendices epiploica (Fig. 4) (Table 3). Total 2 5 7

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