Open AccessAn incidental finding of low‐grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm during cesarean section: A case report
Author(s) -
Inubashiri Eisuke,
Watanabe Yukio,
Akutagawa Noriyuki,
Kuroki Katumaru,
Sugawara Masaki,
Deguchi Keizou,
Maeda Nobuhiko,
Hata Fumitake
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jgh open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2397-9070
DOI - 10.1002/jgh3.12232
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , gestation , pregnancy , uterus , neoplasm , elective cesarean section , radiology , surgery , obstetrics , pathology , paleontology , genetics , biology
Low‐grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms are rare and difficult to diagnose preoperatively because of a lack of characteristic symptoms. A 24‐year‐old female with no symptoms before pregnancy underwent an elective cesarean section at 38 weeks of gestation because of cephalo‐pelvic disproportion. Although no abnormalities were detected in the newborn, uterus, or uterine adnexa, a sausage‐like, swollen appendix was noted. The patient underwent appendectomy. Pathology showed the tumor was a low‐grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm.