Table 2.
Detailed characteristics of 134 patients with unusual histopathological findings
| Patient characteristic | Results |
| Patients | 134 |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 60 (44.8) |
| Female | 74 (55.2) |
| Age in years, mean ± SD (range) | |
| Overall | 48.4 ± 19.5 (16-94) |
| Male | 50.9 ± 19.3 (16-87) |
| Female | 46.4 ± 19.5 (16-94) |
| Histopathologic findings, n | |
| Fibrous obliteration | 62 |
| Enterobius vermicularis | 31 |
| Eosinophilic infiltration | 10 |
| Mucinous cystadenoma | 8 |
| Carcinoid tumor | 6 |
| Granulomatous inflammation | 5 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 3 |
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 1 |
| Mucocele | 3 |
| Adenomatous polyp | 1 |
| Taenia saginata | 1 |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 1 |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (B cell) | 1 |
| Appendicular diverticulitis | 1 |
| Age distribution of 134 patients with unusual findings (yr) | |
| 16-20 | 8 |
| 21-30 | 30 |
| 31-40 | 15 |
| 41-50 | 16 |
| 51-60 | 22 |
| 61-70 | 22 |
| ≥ 71 | 21 |