Gastric lipoma and mucocele of appendix. Case history.
An interesting coexistence of two rare diseases in the same patient is presented. A 51 year old female was operated for a benign tumor of the stomach, a lipoma of about 5 cm of the gastric antrum. After the tumor removal, a mucocele of the appendix was surprisingly found, for which an appendectomy was necessary. The clinical course was uneventful and one year after the operation the patient is in a good state of health. A short review of the literature accompanies the description of the case.
D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery