A 25-year review of XXXX . A frequently perforating @entity189 .

@entity1 @entity32 @entity5 @entity189 @entity1725 @entity694 @entity420
A study was undertaken to compare the age, sex, preoperative diagnosis, and operative findings of @entity1 who had @entity420 with @entity1 who had @entity694 . The study consisted of an analysis of 316 case reports and collective reviews of @entity420 that were reported in the literature between 1960 and 1985. The mean age of @entity1 with this disease was 57.1 years and the male-to-female ratio for @entity420 was 1.4:1. Only rarely was a malignancy suspected, as 68 percent of the @entity1 presented with signs and symptoms of @entity32 . The @entity5 was perforated in 55 percent of @entity1 , making it the most frequently perforating @entity189 of the entire gastrointestinal tract. One half of these perforations were localized as abscesses. The presence of perforation did not necessarily predispose a poor prognosis. Synchronous appendiceal and other @entity694 occurred in 2.7 percent of @entity1 . @entity1725 occurred as a presenting feature in 5.6 percent of @entity1 and was generally a poor prognostic indicator. @entity189 peritonei was found at initial exploration in 10.3 percent of @entity1 and these @entity1 rarely survived one year.
