title: Villous adenoma causing acute appendicitis.
abstract: Acute appendicitis is the most common of surgical emergencies. However, it is very unusual to find a benign neoplastic lesion causing appendicitis. Adenomas of the caecum or the appendix are rare and very few cases of these associated with appendicular inflammation have been described. This report presents a case of acute appendicitis with perforation resulting from obstruction by an adenoma. The management of the condition is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans