Dilated Appendix: Is There More to It? Case Report and Brief Review of Literature with Radiologic-Pathological Correlation

被引：5

作者：

Sharma, Pranav ^{[1
]}

Soin, Priti ^{[2
]}

Chugh, Manish ^{[3
]}

Goyal, Pradeep ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Yale New Haven Hlth Bridgeport Hosp, Dept Radiol, 267 Grant St, Bridgeport, CT 06610 USA

[2] Weill Cornell Coll Med, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, New York, NY USA

[3] Fortis Hosp, Dept Pathol, Delhi, India

[4] St Vincents Hosp, Dept Radiol, Bridgeport, CT USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMAGING SCIENCE | 2019年 / 9卷

关键词：

Appendiceal mucocele; appendicitis; mucinous neoplasm of appendix; pseudomyxoma peritonei; MUCOCELE; NEOPLASMS;

D O I：

10.25259/JCIS_105_18

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

Mucocele of the appendix is rare and represents only the tip of the iceberg of underlying benign and malignant pathological processes. Intraoperative diagnosis is also tricky because the inflammation of the appendix often hides the tumor. The preoperative diagnosis is essential to differentiate appendiceal mucocele from acute appendicitis as the treatment varies from open surgical versus laparoscopic surgical approach and for decreasing intraoperative and postoperative morbidity and mortality rate. We present three cases of appendiceal mucocele. The purpose of this paper is to make the physicians aware of the entity, its associations and the effect on management. This review will provide radiologic and pathologic correlation for the preoperative diagnosis of benign and malignant causative processes and differential diagnostic considerations.

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