Open AccessDoes it matter if it is appendix mucocele instead of appendicitis? Case series and brief review of literature
Author(s) -
Fatih Başak,
Mustafa Hasbahçeci,
Metin Yücel,
Abdullah Şişik,
Aylin Acar,
Ali Kılıç,
Meliha Seyma Su Dur
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/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.