S Akbulut, Y Yagmur, S Bakir, N Sogutcu, D Yilmaz, A Senol, M V Bahadir
PURPOSE: This paper provides an overview of the literature on appendicular tuberculosis (ATB) between 1909 and 2010. METHODS: We present two cases of primary ATB and a literature review of studies on ATB published in English and accessed via the Pubmed and Google Scholar databases. RESULTS: One hundred fifty-five published cases of ATB were reviewed, and two patients with primary ATB, treated and followed in our clinic, were reported. The age range of the patients (62 females, 60 males and 33 with unnoted gender) was between 2 and 60 years, with a mean age of 27...
December 2010: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery: Official Publication of the European Trauma Society