background: diseases and tumors of the appendix vermiformis are very rare, except acute appendicitis. objectives: this retrospective study was conducted to document the unusual findings in appendectomy specimens. patients and methods: data of 1466 adult patients were gathered retrospectively. appendectomy was performed in 1169 and in 297 patients following a diagnosis of acute appendicitis and ...

Acute appendicitis remains one of the most frequent reasons for emergency hospital admissions and common cause an 'acute abdomen' in young adults. The risk is 8.6% men 6.7% women throughout a lifetime, with frequency peaking second decade life. In 19% acute cases, there perforation, it has bimodal distribution. Appendiceal gangrene perforation appear to be caused by appendiceal lumen being bloc...

An appendiceal mucoceleis found in approximately 0.2%-0.4% of all appendectomies [1-6]. Its rarity makes diagnosis and management challenging. Treatment options differ based on cytology, resection margins, and whether or not the mucocele has perforated. Although the average age at diagnosis is > 50 years [6], here is presented a 36 year-old female with a large appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma w...

Dear Editor: We read with great interest the original article by Hong et al, entitled “Intra-appendiceal air at CT: is it a useful or a confusing sign for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?”, which was published in the Korean Journal of Radiology (KJR), January 2016 (1). The authors presented the diagnostic value of the amount and patterns of intraapendiceal air at computed tomography (CT) in...

Common causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding include diverticular disease, vascular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, neoplasms, and hemorrhoids. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding of appendiceal origin is extremely rare. We report a case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasia of the appendix. A 72-year-old man presented with hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed active bleedin...