title: Female pelvic pain: a case report of mucocele of the appendix.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a rare case of mucocele of the appendix that simulated a cystic image by pelvic ultrasound (US).
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient with pelvic pain for two months and cystic image on the right ovary by US. After laparoscopy, the image showed a mucocele of the appendix. The patient underwent right colectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mucocele may be a cause of pelvic pain and may simulate a cystic image on the right adnexa.
authors.affiliation: Brazilian College of Surgeons, Dr. Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho Cancer Institute and Pérola Byington Hospital, Brazil. urbruiz@terra.com.br
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urbano-Ruiz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: A G Z
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Louback
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Hummel
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Baracat
mesh_terms: D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography