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. 2018 Oct-Dec;30(4):247–249. doi: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_143_17

Table 1.

Clinical findings of the segmental absence of muscularis propria in adults

Case Authors/year Patient Location and gross findings Perforation size (cm) Follow-up

Age Sex
1 Darcha et al. [3], 1997 64 Female Sigmoid colon: Perforation Unknown Unknown
2 Tawfik et al. [4], 1998 34 Male Jejunum: Distended and adhesions No perforation Survive
3 Aldalati et al. [5], 2009 Middle age Male Jejunum: Dilated and redundant with multiple wide-neck diverticula No perforation Survive
4 Procházka et al. [6], 2010 28 Female Ascending colon: 2 perforations Unknown Survive
5-11 Tamai et al. [7], 2013 44-89
Mean: 63.3
Median: 61
Female: 4
Male: 3
Jejunum (2): Perforation
Ileum (1): Perforation
Ascending colon (1): Perforation
Sigmoid colon (3): Perforation
Pinhole-sized to approximately 3 cm No recurrence: 5
Died: 2* Died of other disease: 1
12 Nandedkar et al. [8], 2015 48 Male Small intestine: Perforation 1.0 Survive
13 Rewhorn et al. [9], 2015 68 Female Distal sigmoid colon: Perforation Unknown Survive
14 Nawar and Sawyer [10], 2016 64 Female Descending colon: Perforation 2.7 Survive
15 Our case 2016 60 Female Sigmoid colon: Perforation 4.1 Survive

*Died of pulmonary edema and renal failure at 3 and 21 days after the operation