ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2005
Mucocele of the appendix: an unusual cause of lower abdominal pain in a patient with ulcerative colitis. A case report and review of literature.
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- Incidental low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm in Crohn's disease patient post ileocecal resection: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Giant Appendiceal Mucocele with High Grade Mucinous Neoplasm-Case Report and Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Giant appendiceal mucocele as a first manifestation in a patient with silent ulcerative colitis: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- A rare cecal subepithelial tumor in a Crohn´s Disease patient.Autopsy & case reports · 2020Article
- Low-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm in an Adolescent Patient With Untreated Crohn's Disease.ACG case reports journal · 2020Article
- Renal Colic: A Red Herring for Mucocele of the Appendiceal Stump.Case reports in emergency medicine · 2018Article
- A giant mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: a case report and review of the literature.World journal of surgical oncology · 2016Review
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Mucinous Appendiceal Neoplasm Presented as Acute Appendicitis.Case reports in oncological medicine · 2016Article
- Necrotizing Fasciitis Arising From an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Case of an Appendiceal Mucocele.Annals of coloproctology · 2015Article
- Mucus containing cystic lesions "mucocele" of the appendix: the unresolved issues.International journal of surgical oncology · 2015Article
- Giant appendix or an appendiceal mucocele? Case report of an 11-year-old child.Interventional medicine & applied science · 2014Article
- Evaluation of whether the ultrasonographic onion skin sign is specific for the diagnosis of an appendiceal mucocele.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2014Article
- Appendiceal skip inflammation and ulcerative colitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2014Review
- [Appendiceal mucocele: report of a case observed in Lubumbashi].The Pan African medical journal · 2014Article
- Risk of cancer, with special reference to extra-intestinal malignancies, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2013Observational
- Low-grade appendiceal neoplasm presenting as a volvulus of the cecum.Gastroenterology report · 2013Article
- Appendiceal mucocele and peritoneal inclusion cyst mimicking right adnexal masses: a diagnostic challenge in gynecologic practice.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2013Article
- Appendiceal mucocele diagnosed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease using endoscopic ultrasound.Case reports in medicine · 2012Article
- Appendiceal Mucocele Detected under Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis.Case reports in gastroenterology · 2009Article
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Abstract
The authors report the case of a 60-year-old male patient. In November 2001 he developed intestinal symptoms of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain. Colononoscopy and biopsy established the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (proctosigmoiditis). The disease activity was moderate at the beginning. No significant laboratory alterations were found (including CEA, CA19-9), and mesalazine was started orally. He was in remission until November 2003, when he was admitted to our Outpatient Clinic for upper and right lower abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy found proctosigmoiditis with a moderate activity, gastroscopy revealed chronic gastritis, laboratory data was normal. Treatment was amended with mesalazine clysma and methylprednisolone (16 mg) orally. Symptoms ameliorated; however, right lower abdominal pain persisted. US and CT examination demonstrated a pericecal cystic mass (11 cm x 3.5 cm). At first pericecal abscess was suspected, as the previous US examination (6 mo earlier) had revealed normal findings. Fine needle aspiration was performed. Cytology confirmed the diagnosis of mucocele. The patient underwent partial cecum resection and extirpation of the mucocele. He recovered well and the final histology revealed a cystadenoma of the appendix. Follow up was started. The patient is now free of symptoms. Although primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix is uncommon, the authors emphasize that preoperative diagnosis of an underlying malignancy in a mucocele is important for patient management; however, it is difficult on imaging studies.
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