Giant mucinous cystadenoma in a young patient. A case report.
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.
Gorgone
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S
University of Messina, Chair of General Surgery, Italy.
Minniti
C
C
Ilaqua
A
A
Barbuscia
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M
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