title: Definitive diagnosis of primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix by laparoscopic appendectomy.
abstract: We report a 62-year-old woman with a primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix mimicking ovarian tumor. We had diagnosed it definitively by laparoscopic appendectomy, and additional surgery was required in this case. However, the present case suggests that, in some cases, if cancer of the appendix can be diagnosed early, laparotomy can be avoided and the cancer treated with minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery alone.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. m-umemoto@sanfu.med.kindai.ac.jp
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Umemoto
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Shiota
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Shimaoka
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Hoshiai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler