Table 7 --Features of Appendicitis with Perforation and Appendicitis without Perforation
 

Appendicitis With Perforation

N=70

Appendicitis Without Perforation

N=176

Duration of symptoms (hrs, median)

48.5 hrs

18.0 hrs

Fever as presenting complaint (% of cases)

34.3

11.4

Nausea or vomiting (% of cases)

60.0

70.5

Anorexia (% of cases)

52.9

64.2

Urinary symptoms (% of cases)

10.0

10.8

Rebound tenderness (% of cases)

64.3

71.6

Rectal tenderness (% of cases)

41.4

41.5

Impression of a mass (% of cases)

21.4

6.2


Source: Berry J Jr, Malt RA. Appendicitis near its centenary. Ann Surg 1984;200:567.