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Mucocele of the vermiform appendix misdiagnosed as an adnexal mass on transvaginal sonography
Author(s) -
Papoutsis Dimitrios,
Protopappas Athanasios,
Belitsos Panagiotis,
Sotiropoulou Maria,
Antonakou Angeliki,
Loutradis Dimitrios,
Antsaklis Aris
Publication year - 2012
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.20858
Subject(s) - mucocele , vermiform , appendix , medicine , pseudomyxoma peritonei , adnexal mass , transvaginal ultrasound , radiology , adnexal diseases , general surgery , laparoscopy , surgery , ultrasound , paleontology , biology
Mucocele of the vermiform appendix is a rare entity that may mimic a right‐sided adnexal mass. We describe a case of appendiceal mucocele in a 78‐year‐old woman that was initially misdiagnosed as a potentially malignant right ovarian tumor and briefly review the literature on sonographic features of this entity. It is important to improve preoperative diagnosis so as to prevent rupture of mucocele at surgery, which may lead to pseudomyxoma peritonei, and also to seek intraoperatively for the presence of synchronous colorectal neoplasms. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 40:522–525, 2012