title: [Acute abdomen due to perforated appendicular mucocele].
abstract: Primary neoplasms of the appendix are present in approximately 0.2% to 0.3% of appendectomy specimens. Generally affect middle-age adults and elderly people. Approximately 30% to 50% of appendiceal neoplasms manifest with acute appendicitis by luminal obstruction. The definitive diagnosis is histological. We must avoid simple laparoscopic appendectomy and adopt an open procedure with a laparotomy appendectomy for a bening process. Right hemicolectomy is indicated when a malignant condition is suspected Follow-up is recommended in this pathology due to the risk of associated malignant neoplasms. We report a case of perforated appendiceal mucocele in a 84-year-old man presented as an acute abdomen.
authors: Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, España. wmarietem@hotmail.com
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Mella Laborde
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Nofuentes Riera
authors: Edelmira
authors: E
authors: Soliveres Soliveres
authors: Susana
authors: S
authors: Pérez Bru
authors: Rodríguez Valentín
authors: RV
authors: Núñez
authors: Vicente
authors: V
authors: Pérez Auladell
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: García García
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery