title: Giant mucinous cystadenoma in a young patient. A case report.
abstract: The Authors describe the clinical case of a seventeen-year-old girl who presented with abdominalgia, fever, nausea and vomiting. During surgery it proved necessary to remove not only the appendix but also a voluminous mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary. The authors take this observation as a starting point for a description of the pathophysiological and clinical findings of these neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: University of Messina, Chair of General Surgery, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorgone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minniti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilaqua
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbuscia
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology