title: Sonographic appearance of appendiceal mucocele.
abstract: We present a case of the diagnosis of an appendiceal mucocele in a 23-year-old woman. The unusual preoperative sonographic appearance of the lesion is described and its clinical significance and differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bnai Zion Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. sdegani@tx.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Degani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Leibovitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ohel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography