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Sonographic appearance of a giant appendicular mucocele
Author(s) -
Attarde Vinod,
Patil Parag,
Apte Abhang,
Barhate Kishor,
Gandhe Ashish,
Sorte Satish,
Hattangadi Namit
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20809
Subject(s) - medicine , mucocele , appendicular skeleton , radiology , anatomy , pathology
Mucocele of the appendix is a rare but well‐known entity. Accurate preoperative diagnosis of this surgically curable entity is very important to prevent intraoperative rupture. With multimodality approach using ultrasound and CT, it has been possible to preoperatively diagnose mucocele of the appendix. We describe the ultrasound and CT findings of a giant appendicular mucocele that led us to the correct preoperative diagnosis. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2011;