Porcelain appendix. A calcified mucocele fractures to produce an acute abdomen.
Mucocele of the appendix is rare and occasionally is accompanied by calcification. In a recent case, an eggshell-thin calcified mucocele fractured to produce an acute abdomen. This situation was not found in a review of the literature. A brief summary of the properties of mucocele is presented.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology