title: [Mucocele of the appendix. Sonographic, computed tomographic and radiologic characteristics].
abstract: The knowledge of the diagnostic imaging methods features of the mucocele of the appendix is important for a correct preoperative diagnosis, especially to avoid the formation of pseudomyxoma peritonei. A case of a mucocele of the appendix with a special sonographic appearance by a patient with an additional carcinoma of the left kidney is reported. The computer-tomographic and radiological features of the mucocele (plain abdominal film, i.v. urography, barium enema) are presented and discussed with a review of the literature. A sonographically-guided fine-needle puncture of the mucocele was performed. Its importance for the diagnosis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologisches Zentrum, Zentralklinikum Augsburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Sánchez
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bücklein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Mukozele der Appendix. Sonographische, computertomographische und radiologische Eigenschaften.