title: Appendicitis caused by caecal carcinoma: report of a case.
abstract: Appendicitis can rarely occur in association with carcinoma of the caecum, particularly in elderly patients. We report a case of acute appendicitis provoked by an adenocarcinoma of the caecum which obstructs the lumen of the appendix in a 58-year-old man. The patient underwent an ileocaecal resection with lymph node dissection. The difficulties of identifying a small tumor at laparotomy and the implication for optimal treatment are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, 10-17 Shimanji-cho, Sasebo 857-8575, Japan. eriguchi@kkr.sasebo.nagasaki.jp
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eriguchi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Futamata
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Atsuhisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged