title: [Invagination of the vermiform appendix in mucinous cystadenoma].
abstract: Intussusception of the appendix vermiformis in adults is an uncommon event. The combination of a mucinous cystadenoma with an intussuscepted appendix is extremely rare. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific; in most cases the correct diagnosis is not made before surgical exploration. With the radiologic and endoscopic presentation of a polypoid lesion of the caecum, a neoplasm is often considered. Endoscopic appendectomy or disinvagination by enema have been described. Thus the definitive therapy is surgery and depends on the histological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Städtische Kliniken Wiesbaden.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gockel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kupczyk-Joeris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaedertz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Invagination der Appendix vermiformis bei mucinösem Cystadenom.