Prevalence of appendiceal tumors in post-operated appendectomy patients in the emergency room of the IPS Central Hospital from January through December 2020

Abstract

Introduction: Appendiceal tumors have a variable appearance. Onset is often appendiceal inflammatory clinical signs. They can be diagnosed through histological studies of the surgical piece. Appendiceal specimens obtained at Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social were studied by the anatomical pathology lab on a routine basis. Objectives: To know the exact prevalence of appendiceal tumors in emergency appendectomies performed in such hospital from January 2020 through December of that same year. Methodology: This was an observational, cross-sectional, and retrospective study. Results: A total of 7 cases (0.81%) of appendiceal tumors were obtained from 860 appendectomies (6 cases of adenoma, and 1 case of moderately differentiated grade 2 infiltrating adenocarcinoma of the cecal appendix). This is the case of a 76-year-old woman. Conclusions: The most common anatomopathological diagnosis of tumor etiology in this population was adenoma followed by adenocarcinoma. These were diagnosed during the 6th and 7th decades of life. The study included a total of 860 patients with a mean
age of 31.81 years being appendiceal signs more common during the 2nd and 3rd decades of life.