[Preoperatively as adnexa tumor diagnosed mucocele of the appendix].
In a 51 year old woman a cystic in the right lower abdomen was diagnosed by ultrasound. The patient underwent laparotomy assuming the tumor to be a right adnexal mass. Intraoperatively, a pathological appendix was found. Histologic evaluation of the appendix showed a mucinous cystadenoma with mucocele.
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Frauenklinik und Poliklinik, Freien Universität Berlin im Klinikum Steglitz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Becker
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D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
Präoperativ als Adnextumor diagnostizierte Mukozele der Appendix.