title: Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix--an unusual cause of intestinal obstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Report of a rare presentation of mucinous cystadenoma of the vermiform appendix.
  
  
  METHODS
  A lady who presented with intestinal obstruction and peritonitis was found to have gangrenous small bowel caused by strangulation by a tumour of the appendix.
  
  
  METHODS
  Right hemicolectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The histology of the appendicular tumour was mucinous cystadenoma. The patient recovered well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix can present in many ways and it is important to recognise the pathology at operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore 159964.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery