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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2020

Appendiceal mucocele: three cases with different clinical presentation and review of literature.

Luca Cestino, Federico Festa, Giuseppe Cavuoti, Luca Bonatti, Stefania Soncini, Luca Dani, Francesco Quaglino

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luca CestinoS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Federico FestaS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Giuseppe CavuotiS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Luca BonattiS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Stefania SonciniS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Luca DaniS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Francesco QuaglinoS.C. Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Città di Torino, Torino, Italy.
ASL Roma · ITOspedale Maria Vittoria · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucinous lesions of appendix are a rare clinical entity and may be neoplastic or non-neoplastic. The diagnosis is usual incidental during computed tomography scan or colonoscopy performed for general abdominal symptoms or occasional finding during operation for acute appendicitis. For this reason, initial treatment should be tailored to the situation, aiming at complete resection of the appendix with disease-free margins: this can be achieved by simple appendectomy or more extensive resection. The pathological examination of the specimen is the key to offer the patient a correct and complete treatment, and, if a neoplastic pathology is found, the case should be discussed in multidisciplinary group. We describe three cases with different clinical presentation leading to different surgical treatment: one elective case, in which the diagnosis was suspected preoperatively; and two urgent cases, one mimicking an intussusception and another one presenting as an acute appendicitis.

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