Intussusception of the appendix with a calcified fecalith.
We treated a patient with a complete invagination of the appendix which contained one large laminated calcified fecalithy. Colonofiberscopy showed a dimpling submucosal tumor, which was palpated as a bony hard tumor at laparotomy. This finding suggested that the fecalith caused an intussusception of the appendix and that such an intussusception should be suspected when there is a bony hard dimpling submucosal tumor in the cecum.
D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged