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Table 2 Summary from a review of the current literature involving appendiceal mucocele and endometriosis, involving a total of 12 studies and 13 cases

From: Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm and endometriosis of the appendix

Author, year

N, age

History of Endometriosis?

Clinical presentation

Diagnostic evaluation

Pathological diagnosis

Location of appendiceal endometriosis

Operative management

Abrao, 2005

1, 32

No

CAP

US

SM

MPS

ICR

Akagi, 2008

1, 35

No

Anemia

Colonoscopy

SM, AI

MPS

LA, PC

Driman, 2000

2,

#1 No

#1 CAP

#1 Colonoscopy

#1 SM

#1 MPS

#1 RH, OC

#1 34

#2 No

#2 CAP and infertility

#2 DL

#2 SM

#2 MPS

#2 LA

#2 31

Hapke, 1977

1, 31

No

Dysmenorrhea

EL

SM

MPS

EL, OA

Kimura, 1999

1, 41

No

AAP and vomiting

EL

SM, AI

MPS

EL, OA

Klingbeil, 2017

1, 57

Yes

CAP

CT, Colonoscopy

LAMN

MPS

LA

Kohout, 1960

1, 44

No

Menorrhagia

Clinical

SM

MPS

TAH, OA

Miyakura, 2012

1, 56

No

Positive FOBT

Colonoscopy, CT, MRI

SM, Ruptured

MPS

ICR

Nopajaroonsri, 1994

1, 22

No

AAP and vomiting

Clinical

SM

MPS

OA

O’Sullivan, 2001

1, 31

No

Right flank pain

Urogram, US, CT

SM

MPS

ICR

Shemilt, 1949

1, 47

Yes

AAP

Clinical

SM

MPS

ICR

Tsuda, 2013

1, 43

No

Dysmenorrhea

CT, MRI, Colonoscopy

SM

MPS

ICR

  1. AAP acute abdominal pain, AI appendiceal intussusception, CAP chronic abdominal pain, CT computed tomography, DL diagnostic laparoscopy, EL exploratory laparotomy, FOBT fecal occult blood test, ICR ileocecal resection, LA laparoscopic appendectomy, LAMN low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm, MPSA muscularis propria and serosa, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, OC ovarian cystectomy, OA open appendectomy, PC partial cecectomy, RH right hemicolectomy, SM simple mucocele, TAH total abdominal hysterectomy, US ultrasound