Diagnostic Colonoscopy Leading to Perforated Appendicitis: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review

Table 1

Presentation of main characteristics of cases described in the literature (ns: not specified).

First author	Year	Sex	Age	Time after colonoscopy	Treatment	Condition
Houghton	1988	Male	35	8 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Brandt	1989	Female	65	48 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	ns
Segawa	1992	Male	49	4 hours	ns	Perforated
Vender	1995	Female	44	Several hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	ns
Vender	1995	Female	57	Immediate	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Vender	1995	Male	55	48 hours	Antibiotics	ns
Hirata	1996	Male	69	12 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Lipton	1999	Male	69	96 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Gangrenous
de Leusse	1999	Male	71	12 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Takagi	2000	Male	56	72 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Phlegmonous
Kapral	2003	Male	79	Same day	ns	Perforated
Srivastava	2004	Male	65	10 days	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Abscess
Rosen	2005	Male	24	48 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	ns
Rosen	2005	Male	55	Several hours	Antibiotics	ns
Izzedine	2005	Male	61	1 day	Antibiotics-appendectomy	Perforated
Volchok	2006	Male	60	16 hours	Appendectomy	Nonperforated
Chae	2007	Female	48	Same day	Appendectomy	Nonperforated
Horimatsu	2007	Male	68	1 day	Antibiotics	ns
Pellish	2007	Male	50	Immediate	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Nonperforated
Johnston	2008	Male	55	16 hours	Appendectomy	Perforated
Sheikh	2010	Female	50	4 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Moorman	2010	Female	71	Next morning	ns	Perforated
Moorman	2010	Male	47	27 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Moorman	2010	Male	84	4 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Bachir	2010	Male	28	2 days	Appendectomy	Nonperforated
Penkov	2011	Female	50	7 days	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Rodriguez-Otero	2011	Female	50	6 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Aguilar-Shea	2011	Male	34	12 hours	ns	Acute
Louleiro	2011	Male	54	4 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Yagnik	2012	Female	35	7 days	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Musielac	2012	Female	45	4 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Musielac	2012	Male	33	6 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Acute
Shaw	2013	Male	67	24 hours	Appendectomy	Acute
April	2013	Male	52	8 hours	Appendectomy	Nonperforated
Kuriyama	2014	Male	83	ns	ns	Acute
Wong	2014	Male	47	13 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated
Nemoto	2015	Female	53	7 hours	Antibiotics	Acute
Paramythiotis	2016	Female	60	24 hours	Laparotomy-appendectomy	Perforated