Four mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix treated by different approaches
Murat Özgür Kılıç, Aydın İnan, Mikdat Bozer
Department of General Surgery, Turgut Özal University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract
Appendiceal mucocele is a rare clinical entity characterized by dilatation of the appendiceal lumen due to abnormal mucinous secretion. It may be of inflammatory or tumoral origin. It may occur as a result of mucoceles, mucosal hyperplasia, mucinous cystadenoma or mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix is the most common form, although it manifests itself in many different clinical presentations. It is detected in 0.6% of appendectomy specimens. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult and is often detected at laparotomy. Despite existing reservations due to the risk of rupture, laparoscopic surgery is gaining acceptance. Although there is no consensus on the choice of surgery, either appendectomy or right hemicolectomy is applied. In this article, we discussed four patients with appendix mucinous cystadenoma where different surgical methods were applied in light of the literature.
Keywords: Mucocele, appendix, cystadenoma
Written informed consent was obtained from patients who participated in this case.
Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - M.Ö.K., M.B.; Design - M.Ö.K.; Supervision - A.İ., M.Ö.K.; Funding - M.Ö.K.; Data Collection and/or Processing - M.Ö.K.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - M.Ö.K.; Literature Review - M.Ö.K.; Writer - M.Ö.K.; Critical Review - M.B., A.İ.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.