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Table 2 Histological findings

From: Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in adults at the Chris Hani Baragwanath academic hospital

Histology findings

Number (%)

Perforated appendix/generalized peritonitis

41 (28.7)

Gangrenous appendicitis

9 (6.6)

Inflamed appendix

38 (26)

Normal appendix

16 (10.9)

Missing

42 (28.7)