Table 1.

Unexpected pathological findings in 15 out of 1,123 appendicectomy specimens—appendix

Pathological diagnosis	Number of cases (%)
Tuberculous appendicitis	2 (0.178 %)
Neuroma	1 (0.089 %)
Parasitic infection	8 (0.712 %)
E. vermicularis	4 (0.35 %)
E. histolytica	1 (0.089 %)
T. trichuriasis	2 (0.178 %)
Microfilaria	1 (0.089 %)
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma colon	1 (0.089 %)
Carcinoid tumor	2 (0.178 %)
Pseudomyxoma	1 (0.089 %)
Total	15 (1.336 %)