Appendicitis caused by caecal carcinoma: report of a case.
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.
Eriguchi
Naofumi
N
Department of Surgery, Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, 10-17 Shimanji-cho, Sasebo 857-8575, Japan. eriguchi@kkr.sasebo.nagasaki.jp
Matsunaga
Akira
A
Futamata
Yasuhiko
Y
Tayama
Kosuke
K
Harada
Hiroshi
H
Tanaka
Atsuhisa
A
Yoshida
Atsushi
A
Aoyagi
Shigeaki
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged