Mucinous cystadenoma of the ascending colon: a novel presentation.
Mucinous cystadenomas usually occur in the appendix, ovaries and pancreas. This is the first report to describe mucinous cystadenoma of the ascending colon. A 32-year-old female presented with abdominal pain. Radiographic studies demonstrated a space-occupying lesion in the ascending colon associated with intussusception. Right colectomy revealed a cystic mass within the ascending colon that contained thick mucin and was lined by mucin-producing columnar epithelium. Clinical and pathologic features with a brief review of the literature are presented.
Shaco-Levy
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Dept. of Pathology, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. rsl@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Tsodikov
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Levy
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D044682:Colon, Ascending / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional