title: Appendicular mucocele and peritoneal pseudo-myxoma.
abstract: From 2 personal cases the authors present a pathological appraisal of appendicular mucoceles. They distinguish between a benign kind with an atrophic mucous membrane and a malignant type with a hyperplasic epithelium arranged in papillary and vegetating structures; this is a neoplasm with local malignancy. This variety remains the most liable to become a peritoneal pseudo-myxoma representing the most serious complication of the appendicular mucecele. Treatment of the mucocele, which consists in an appenicectomy or a right bemi-colectomy, usually yields good results provided operative rupture can be avoided. Contrarily the peritoneal pseudo-myxoma remains a serious disease with a disappointing treatment.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001065:Appendix; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Mucoeéle appendiculaire et pseudo-myxome péritonéal