Case Report
Amyand’s Hernia, State of the Art and New Points of View
Table 1
AH series in the literature and their features.
| Author | Year | Number of cases | Appendix feature | Preoperative diagnosis |
| Amyand [1] | 1736 | 1 | Grade C | No | Goodwin and Ghilchik [5] | 1998 | 1 | Grade B | No | Fernando and Leelaratna [6] | 2002 | 1 | Grade B | No | Breitenstein et al. [7] | 2005 | 1 | Grade B | No | Maizlin et al. [8] | 2007 | 3 | Grades A, B, C | No | Cunha et al. [9] | 2009 | 1 | Grade A | No | Yang et al. [10] | 2009 | 4 | Grade A | No | Coulier et al. [11] | 2010 | 1 | Grade B | Yes (CT) | Mai [12] | 2011 | 1 | Grade C | No | Junaid and Fawad [13] | 2012 | 1 | Grade A | No | Lombardo and Pavone [14] | 2013 | 1 | Grade A | No | Dong et al. [15] | 2014 | 1 | Grade B | Yes (CT) | Ceulemans et al. [16] | 2014 | 1 | Grade B | Yes (CT) |
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Ceulemans classification of the appendix within the hernia sac.
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