Torsion of vermiform appendix: case report and review of the literature

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Cases of appendiceal torsion reported in the English literature

	Author	Year	Age	Sex	Degree /rotation of torsion	Length, [cm]	Etiology	Preoperative diagnosis	Nausea/vomiting	BT
1	Carter AE	1959	8	F	> 360/CC	-	UD	UD	Vomiting	38.3
2			16	M	> 360/CC	-	UD	UD	Nausea	37.4
3	King-Pan	1965	18	F	1260/C	10	Simple mucocele	Acute appendicitis	No vomiting	37.3
4	Ghent	1966	12	M	360/C	7	Primary	UD	Nausea	37.6
5	Finch	1974	12	M	270/CC	-	UD	UD	Vomiting	37.2
6	Willan	1983	4	M	720/CC	7	UD	Acute appendicits	Vomiting	37.3
7	Dewan	1986	3	M	720/CC	7	UD	UD	Vomiting	37.9
8			6	F	1080/C	7	UD	UD	Vomiting	37.4
9			16	M	−/−	–	UD	UD	UD	Afebrile
10	Waters	1986	3	M	720/−	–	UD	Exploratory lap.	Vomiting	38.9
11	Merret	1992	14	M	720/CC	14	Normal appendix	Acute appendicits	Vomiting	37.5
12	Brian F Gilchrist	1995	6	M	360/CC	9	Long narrow mesoappndix	UD	Vomiting	37.2
13	Val-Bernal JF	1996	6	M	> 360/CC	13.5	Primary	Acute appendicitis	Vomiting	37.5
14	Uroz-Tristan	1998	5	M	360/CC	15	Absent mesoappendix	Torsion or mucocele	No vomiting	No fever
15	Oguzkurt	2004	2	M	270/CC	10	Duplicated colon and appendix	UD	Vomiting	38
16	Gopal K	2005	9	M	720/-	5	Primary	Acute appendectomy	Vomiting	Afebrile
17	Sarin	2006	9	M	270/C	8	Normal appendix	UD	Vomiting	37.7
18	Montes Tapia F	2009	3	M	1080/CC	–	Narrow appendicular mesentery and movable cecum	Acute appendicitis	Vomiting	UD
19	Lena Perger	2011	11w	F	360/CC	–	UD	Acute appendicitis	Emesis	Low-grade fever
20	D’Souza GF	2011	2	M	−/−	6.5	UD	Acute appendicitis	Vomiting	38.3
21	Hirpara DH	2018	2	M	720/C	7.5	Lymphoid hyperplasia	Acute appendicitis or Meckel’s diverticulitis	Emesis	Low-grade fever
22	Our case	2019	4	M	720/C	8	Primary	Acute appendicitis	Vomiting	37.2