Retraction: Cecal Lipoma: A Rare Etiology of Acute Appendicitis in Adults.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.19423.

The Detrimental Effect of Type II Diabetes Mellitus on Infected Patients with COVID-19.

Background: COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, but it still affects numerous diseases and needs further research. Diabetic COVID-19 patients with major complications or intensive care had high mortality rates. This review provides pathophysiological descriptive data on diabetes mellitus type 2 and shows how COVID-19 infection in Saudi Arabia predicts disease severity and prognosis.

Emphasizing the link between blood types in multi-ethnic disparities and COVID-19 infection in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To analyze the impact and distribution of blood groups in different ethnicities and the extent of susceptibility to infection with COVID-19 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 4,609 COVID-19 patients from five ethnic groups to assess the impact and distribution of different blood types and susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. The study was carried out between November 2020 and June 2021 in the College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University in collaboration with the General Directorate of Health Affairs, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Cecal Lipoma: A Rare Etiology of Acute Appendicitis in Adults.

Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for abdominal surgeries worldwide. Obstruction of the appendiceal orifice is thought to be the primary pathology of appendicitis. The obstruction leads to an increase in the intraluminal pressure resulting in ischemia and inflammatory process.