Appendiceal bleeding in an elderly male: a case report and a review of the literature

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Case of appendiceal bleeding

Case	Age	Sex	Clinical findings	Treatment	References	Case	Age	Sex	Clinical findings	Treatment	References
1	46	Male	Appendicitis	Appendectomy	[10]	16	48	Male	Diverticular hemorrhage	Appendectomy	[24]
2	33	Male	Diverticulitis	Appendectomy	[11]	17	14	Male	Appendix abscess	Ileocaecal resection	[25]
3	72	Male	Angiodysplasia	Appendectomy	[12]	18	24	Male	Granulomatous appendicitis	Appendectomy	[26]
4	22	Male	Granulomatous appendicitis	Appendectomy	[13]	19	49	Male	Acute suppurative appendicitis	Appendectomy	[27]
5	68	Male	Appendiceal dieulafoy lesion	Appendectomy	[14]	20	63	Male	Diverticulitis	Hemicolectomy	[28]
6	44	Male	Diverticulitis	Hemicolectomy	[9]	21	18	Female	Intussusception	Appendectomy	[29]
7	51	Male	Dieulafoy lesion	Appendectomy	[15]	22	33	Female	Cause unknown	Ileocaecal resection	[30]
8	71	Male	Appendix ulcer	Barium enema	[16]	23	36	Male	Intussusception	Appendectomy	[31]
9	41	Male	Atypical florid vascular proliferations	Appendectomy	[17]	24	38	Male	Aortoenteric fistula	Appendectomy	[32]
10	59	Female	Aortoenteric fistula	Hemicolectomy	[18]	25	49	Female	Appendix cancer	Ileocaecal resection	[33]
11	25	Male	Focal erosion of appendix mucosa	Appendectomy	[19]	26	53	Female	Appendicitis	Appendectomy	[6]
12	42	Male	Appendiceal mucosal erosion	Appendectomy	[20]	27	44	Male	Cause unknown	Appendectomy	[34]
13	56	Male	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor	Appendectomy	[21]	28	33	Male	Cause unknown	Appendectomy	[35]
14	76	Female	Angiodysplasia	Appendectomy	[22]	29	70	Male	Cause unknown	Colonoscopy	[36]
15	32	Female	Ulcerated appendiceal stump	Appendectomy	[23]	our case	90	Male	Cause unknown	Appendectomy