[Giant mucocele of the appendix. Case report and review of the literature].
BACKGROUND
Mucocele is a rare pathology of the appendix characterized by expansion of the lumen for a slow storage of mucous. Represents the 0.2-0.3% of all the appendectomies. Clinical signs and the symptoms are similar to those of the acute appendicitis, while the disease is occasionally recorded and the diagnosis is essentially histological.


OBJECTIVE
To recall the clinical and anatomopathological features of mucocele evaluating the possible evolutions of this rare appendicular pathology according to the updating reports of the literature.


METHODS
Study of a clinical case.


CONCLUSIONS
In this study diagnostic chriteria and prognostic factors are revised. Authors evaluate anatomopathological classification, possibility of evolution in a preneoplastic and neoplastic lesion and association with other colon cancers. The surgical treatment is evaluated too.


CONCLUSIONS
A correct preoperative mucocele diagnosis is emphasized as indispensable in the choice of the proper surgical treatment since a good prognosis is consequent to a radical treatment.
Gentile
Maurizio
M
Dipartimento Universitario di Chirurgia Generale, Geriatria, Oncologica e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. magentil@unina.it
Guarino
Vincenzo
V
Mosella
Francesca
F
Carbone
Gabriele
G
Beneduce
Lucia
L
Mosella
Guido
G
D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult