Chronic abdominal pain secondary to a mucous cystadenoma of the appendix in a 10-year-old boy.
Mucocele of the appendix is a thin-walled dilated appendix filled with mucus. It occurs secondary to chronic obstruction of the appendiceal lumen because of a range of pathologies. Cystadenomas in children are exceedingly rare and most frequently of ovarian origin. A mucous cystadenoma of the appendix in a 10-year-old boy with chronic abdominal pain is presented.
Blecha
Matthew J
MJ
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60657, USA. matthewblecha75@yahoo.com
Gupta
Anita
A
Hoover
J David
JD
Madonna
Mary Beth
MB
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male