Clinical features, treatments and prognosis of appendiceal bleeding: a case series study

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 6 patients of appendiceal bleeding

Patient	Age (Years)	Sex	Symptom	HB concentration (g/L)	Oakland score	Duration of symptoms	Findings of CT scan	Times of endoscopy examination				Etiology	Therapy	Clinical success
Patient	Age (Years)	Sex	Symptom	HB concentration (g/L)	Oakland score	Duration of symptoms	Findings of CT scan	OGD	Colonoscopy	Capsule endoscopy	Balloon-assisted-enteroscopy	Etiology	Therapy	Clinical success
1	63	M	Hematochezia	105	22	30 years	No abnormality in appendix	3	3	1	0	Appendiceal angiodysplasia	Appendectomy	Yes
2	33	M	Hematochezia	137	12	2 years	No abnormality in appendix	2	2	2	2	Appendiceal angiodysplasia	Appendectomy	Yes
3	48	F	Hematochezia &Melena	58	31	1 day	Long thickening appendix	2	4	0	1	Appendicitis associated bleeding	Appendectomy & Endoscopic hemostasis & Medication	Yes
4	42	M	Hematochezia &Melena	135	8	2 days	Fecaloma in appendix	1	1	0	0	Suspected of appendicitis	None	Yes
5	38	M	Hematochezia	155	9	3 days	No abnormality in appendix	1	1	0	0	Unknown	Medication	Yes
6	67	M	Hematochezia	67	27	13 days	No abnormality in appendix	1	1	0	0	Post appendectomy	Endoscopic hemostasis	Yes

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