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Definitive diagnosis of primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix by laparoscopic appendectomy
Author(s) -
Umemoto Masahiko,
Shiota Mitsuru,
Shimaoka Masao,
Hoshiai Hiroshi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00560.x
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , laparotomy , general surgery , adenocarcinoma , laparoscopic surgery , ovarian cancer , invasive surgery , laparoscopy , primary cancer , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
We report a 62‐year‐old woman with a primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix mimicking ovarian tumor. We had diagnosed it definitively by laparoscopic appendectomy, and additional surgery was required in this case. However, the present case suggests that, in some cases, if cancer of the appendix can be diagnosed early, laparotomy can be avoided and the cancer treated with minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery alone.