title: Low-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Presenting as a Surgical Emergency: A Case Report.
abstract: We present the case of a female patient admitted to our University Hospital with acute abdominal pain mimicking an intraperitoneal septic condition caused possibly by acute appendicitis. CT and ultrasound scan showed a mass situated in the right iliac fossa. The patient was submitted to laparotomy and right hemicolectomy. The operative findings were suggestive of an appendiceal mucocele. The histology report revealed a low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm. The patient had no clinical, biochemical or visual signs of disease recurrence 6 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Athanassiou
authors.forename: Michail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spyridakis
authors.forename: Fotini
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karasavvidou
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vamvakopoulou
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karaiskou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vamvakopoulos
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theodosiou
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatzitheofilou