Open AccessAppendiceal mucocele: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Basavaraj M Kajagar,
Siddharth Chacko,
Utkarsh Gupta,
V. B. Dhaded,
Aggarwal Himanshu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.105925
Subject(s) - mucocele , medicine , appendix , mucinous cystadenoma , atypia , presentation (obstetrics) , lower abdominal pain , mucinous cystadenocarcinoma , lumen (anatomy) , cecum , pathology , radiology , surgery , pancreas , paleontology , biology
Mucocele of the appendix is a descriptive term that implies a dilated appendiceal lumen caused by abnormal accumulation of mucus. Mucocele is found in 0.2-0.3% of all appendectomy specimens. The male to female ratio is 1:4 and the average age at the time of diagnosis is over 50 years.Appendiceal mucocele can be histologically divided into three groups, focal or diffuse, mucosal hyperplasia without epithelial atypia, mucinous cystadenoma with some degree of epithelial atypia and mucinous cystadenocarcinoma.We report a case of benign mucocele of the appendix, which presented as persistent vomiting and lower abdominal pain