Table 1 Reported cases of fetal appendiceal perforation
First Author/ Reference | Age/Gender | Symptoms/Signs | Treatment | Pathological found | Combined Disease | Follow-up/period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L.W. Martin [3] | 21 days/F | Vomiting, fever, Abdominal distention/ Mass, RLQ | Appendectomy | AP with a local calcified pseudocyst | – | Uneventful/1 year |
K.L. Narasimharao [4] | 12 days/F | Constipation, Abdominal distention/Mass, RLQ | Ileocaecal resection | AP with local calcification | – | Unkown |
R.R. Lebel [5] | 23 weeks+ 3 days (gestation)/F | Spontaneous fetal demise / Hydrops fetalis | – | AP with local hydrops | Parvovirus B-19 infected | – |
Valentina Pastore [6] | 3 days/F | Tachycardia, fever, vomiting, abdominal distension | Ladd’s procedure with AP | gangrenous AP | Patau’s syndrome | Died 2 months after surgery (Klebsiella pneumoniae) |