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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

A case of acute appendicitis caused by obstruction due to caecal cancer.

Yoko Nakayama, Minekazu Yamaguchi, Kaho Tamaki, Masaaki Hidaka

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Yoko NakayamaDepartment of Surgery, Oda Municipal Hospital, 1428-3 Oda-cho Yoshinaga, Oda 694-0063, Shimane, Japan.
Minekazu YamaguchiDepartment of General Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo 693-8501, Shimane, Japan.
Kaho TamakiDepartment of Surgery, Oda Municipal Hospital, 1428-3 Oda-cho Yoshinaga, Oda 694-0063, Shimane, Japan.
Masaaki HidakaDepartment of Digestive and General Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1, Enya-cho, Izumo City 693-8501, Shimane, Japan.

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Abstract

Acute appendicitis supposedly results from appendix obstruction caused by various conditions, including caecal cancer. Here, we report an adenocarcinoma found in the specimen of a 65-year-old man diagnosed with acute appendicitis. The adenocarcinoma was detected in the appendix stump after emergency laparoscopic appendectomy. The patient was diagnosed with caecal cancer based on post-operative lower endoscopy findings, and an additional laparoscopic right hemicolectomy was performed. Acute appendicitis can occur at any age and may require emergency surgery. It is a benign disease that can be cured entirely by appendectomy in most cases but may result from an underlying malignant disease in some cases, especially in patients >40 years of age. Thus, clinicians should consider the possibility of a malignancy while diagnosing and treating acute appendicitis.

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acute appendicitiscaecum cancerlaparoscopic appendectomylaparoscopic hemicolectomy

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PMID38752150
PMCPMC11095256

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