Almusaylim Moayad S, Foula Mohammed S, Al Amin Jawad F, Al-Abbad Mohammad A, Alsaleh Mustafa A
College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Surgery, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Cureus. 2024 Feb 26;16(2):e54957. doi: 10.7759/cureus.54957. eCollection 2024 Feb.
Appendicitis, an inflammation of the vermiform appendix, is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen and one of the most frequent indications for emergency abdominal surgery worldwide. Any person older than 65 years old is considered elderly. The elderly population constitutes only 5-10% of total appendicitis cases. The symptoms depend on the location of the appendix. Generally, lower abdominal pain and anorexia are known to be the most common symptoms of appendicitis. Although young adults have a higher prevalence of appendicitis, the elderly have a higher complication rate, 37.5% versus 43.97%. In this article, we report a case of appendicitis in an 86-year-old gentleman known to have type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and prostate cancer. The patient was managed successfully after a complicated hospital course and discharged in an improved and stable condition.
阑尾炎是阑尾的炎症，是全球急性腹痛最常见的病因之一，也是急诊腹部手术最常见的指征之一。任何65岁以上的人都被视为老年人。老年人群仅占阑尾炎病例总数的5%-10%。症状取决于阑尾的位置。一般来说，下腹疼痛和厌食是已知的阑尾炎最常见症状。虽然年轻人阑尾炎的患病率较高，但老年人的并发症发生率更高，分别为37.5%和43.97%。在本文中，我们报告了一例86岁男性阑尾炎病例，该患者患有2型糖尿病、高血压和前列腺癌。经过复杂的住院治疗后，患者成功治愈，出院时病情好转且稳定。
