Does it matter if it is appendix mucocele instead of appendicitis? Case series and brief review of literature | Zendy

Fatih Başak | Zendy; Mustafa Hasbahçecı | Zendy; Metin Yücel | Zendy; Abdullah Şişik | Zendy; Aylin Acar | Zendy; Ali Kılıç | Zendy; Meliha Seyma Su Dur | Zendy

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Does it matter if it is appendix mucocele instead of appendicitis? Case series and brief review of literature

Author(s) -

Fatih Başak,

Mustafa Hasbahçecı,

Metin Yücel,

Abdullah Şişik,

Aylin Acar,

Ali Kılıç,

Meliha Seyma Su Dur

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.183193

Subject(s) - medicine , mucocele , pseudomyxoma peritonei , appendix , mucinous cystadenoma , incidence (geometry) , appendicitis , cystadenoma , radiology , retrospective cohort study , abdomen , surgery , general surgery , ovary , pancreas , paleontology , physics , optics , biology

Appendiceal mucocele (AM) is a rare pathology, and its reported incidence is 0.3% in all appendectomy specimens. Here, we report a case series of AM and make a brief review of literature.

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