Table 1. Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the patients (N=12).
| Age | Number (%) |
| 15-39 | 10 (83.3%) |
| >40 | 2 (16.7%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 6 (50%) |
| Female | 6 (50%) |
| Diagnosis modality | |
| Clinical | 5 (41.6%) |
| US abdomen | 2(16.7%) |
| CT abdomen | 4 (33.3%) |
| Diagnostic laparoscopy | 1 (8.4%) |
| Type of surgery | |
| Laparoscopic appendectomy | 5 (41.6%) |
| Open appendectomy | 7 (58.3%) |
| Further intervention | |
| Further surgery (right hemicolectomy) | 2 (16.7%) |
| Without further surgery (right hemicolectomy) | 10 (83.3%) |
| Expected diagnosis of neoplasm | |
| Clinically | 0 (0%) |
| Imaging | 2 (16.7%) |
| Intraoperative | 1 (8.3%) |
| Non-expected | 9 (75%) |