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Mucocele of the appendix

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 136; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0039-6060(03)00321-0

1532-7361

José Carlos de Rezende Pereira, José Carlos Vieira Trugilho, Aliar Augusto Sarmat,

Hernia repair and management

A symptom-free 73-year-old woman underwent an ultrasound examination of the pelvis during a routine gynecologic evaluation. The study showed a reniform tumor in the right iliac fossa. On physical examination of the abdomen, there was a mobile, hard, painless mass approximately 15 cm in length × 10 cm in diameter in the right lower quadrant. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed a tumor with a liquid interior, adjacent to the distal border of the cecum and suggestive of mucocele of the appendix (Fig 1). Colonoscopy to the cecum showed no abnormalities.