Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix presenting with atypical symptomatology and presence of pseudomyxoma peritonei: a case report
| Autor: | Georgios Antsaklis, Konstantinos Alexiou, Vasileios Triantafyllis, Sylvia-Christina Mylona, Nikolaos Sikalias, Maria Demonakou, Asimina Kalogirou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Medicine(all)
medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Pathology Gastrointestinal tract business.industry Mucous adenocarcinoma Case Report General Medicine medicine.disease digestive system diseases Appendix medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Pseudomyxoma peritonei Adenocarcinoma Radiology medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business Right hemicolectomy |
| Zdroj: | Cases Journal |
| ISSN: | 1757-1626 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9089 |
| Popis: | Introduction Primary tumors of the appendix are unusual and most of them are carcinoids. Their main presentation is that of an acute appendicitis or as a palpable mass, mainly in the right lower quadrant. Case presentation A female patient with mucous adenocarcinoma of the appendix, which primarily presented as atypical abdominal pain. Diagnosis of the disease was made after appendicectomy and histopathological analysis of the specimen. The patient finally underwent a complementary right hemicolectomy. Conclusion Mucin producing adenocarcinomas of the appendix are a category of rare cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Although at present they are a well studied pathologic entity, the crucial issue of their preoperative diagnosis remains unsolved. |
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