Table 1 The reported cases and our case of bleeding from appendix
From: A therapeutic barium enema is a practical option to control bleeding from the appendix
Authors | Age | Sex |   Administration of anti-coagulation drugs | Method of diagnosis | Treatment | Histopathologic findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tamvakopoulos (1969) [1] | 40 | M | Â | Not described | Conventional appendectomy | Diverticulitis |
Tamvakopoulos (1969) [1] | 43 | F | Â | Barium enema | Conventional appendectomy | Diverticulitis |
Geerken and Gibbons (1974) [2] | 17 | M |  | Barium enema | Conventional appendectomy | Crohn’s disease |
Brewer and Wangensteen (1974) [3] | 24 | F | Â | Barium enema | Ileocecal resection | Intussusception |
Brown and Peter (1976) [4] | 19 | M |  | Barium enema | Right hemicolectomy | Crohn’s disease |
Milewski (1977) [5] | 14 | M |   Aspirin tablet taken on the night of admission | Not described | Ileocecal resection | Appendicitis, abscess |
Mullen (1979) [6] | 63 | M | Â | Barium enema | Right hemicolectomy | Diverticulum, mucocele |
Norman et al (1980) [7] | 48 | M | Â | Angiography | Conventional appendectomy | Diverticulum |
McIntosh et al (1990) [8] | 18 | F | Â | CF, CT | Conventional appendectomy | Intussusception |
Jevon et al (1992) [9] | 32 | F | Â | CF | Partial cecectomy | Intussusception |
Shome et al (1995) [10] | 33 | F | Â | CF | Ileocecal resection | Endometriosis |
So et al (1995) [11] | 42 | M | Â | CF | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Angiodysplasia |
Morales et al (1997) [12] | 60 | M | Â | CF | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Appendicitis |
Gupta et al (2000) [13] | 9 | M | Â | CF | Partial cecectomy | Intussusception |
Kyokane et al (2001) [14] | 76 | F | Â | Angiography | Transcatheter arterial embolization, conventional appendectomy | Angiodysplasia |
Monaghan and Cogbill (2002) [15] | 66 | M | Â | US, CT | Conventional appendectomy, AAAresection | Primary aortoappendiceal fistula, appendicitis |
Lima et al (2004) [16] | 16 | M |   Aspirin 200mg/day | CF | Conventional appendectomy | Crohn’s disease |
Rivera-Irigoin et al (2005) [17] | 51 | M | Â | CF | Conventional appendectomy | Aspirin-induced ulcer |
Yamazaki et al (2006) [18] | 53 | F | Â | CF, CT | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Appendicitis |
Ogi et al (2006) [19] | 44 | M | Â | CF | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Hematoma |
Kim et al (2007) [20] | 56 | M |   Few tablets of NSAID | CF | Right hemicolectomy | GIST |
Kuntanapreeda (2008) [21] | 20 | M | Â | CF | Conventional appendectomy, partial cecectomy | Tuberculosis |
Baek (2010) [22] | 42 | M | Â | CT, CF | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Mucosal erosion |
Our case | 71 | M |   Ticlopidine hydrochloride | CT, CF | Therapeutic barium enema, laparoscopic appendectomy | Ulcer |