Uncommon mimics of appendicitis: Giant mucocele
| Autor: | Abdelmalk Ousadden, Fatima Ezzahra Zahid, Karim Ibn Majdoub, Hicham Anoune, Khalid Ait Taleb, Khalid Mazaz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Abdominal pain
appendicitis medicine.medical_specialty Mucocele complication Malignancy Asymptomatic Diagnosis Differential medicine Appendectomy Humans business.industry General surgery fungi Life Sciences food and beverages General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease Appendicitis Morocco Treatment Outcome Medicine Female medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis Complication business malignancy |
| Zdroj: | Pan African Medical Journal; Vol 7, No 1 (2010) The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| DOI: | 10.4314/pamj.v7i1.69112 |
| Popis: | Appendiceal mucocele is an infrequent but well recognized entity that can present with a variety of clinical syndromes or can be asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. A 55 years old patient was admitted in the emergency department for acute right lower quadrant pain. A diagnosis of appendicitis was made. At operation an appendiceal mucocele was found. An appendectomy was performed. The diagnosis of appendiceal mucocele is an important one in that it can be associated with malignancies and other serious gastrointestinal, ovarian, and urological complications. |
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