title: Giant appendiceal mucocele: report of a case.
abstract: Mucoceles of the appendix are a group of mucus-filled lesions causing obstructive dilation of the ileocecal appendix. We report a rare case of giant appendiceal mucocele. A 48-year-old woman, with no discomfort, was admitted to our hospital after a mass was detected in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. The patient underwent right hemicolectomy on the basis of the clinical diagnosis of a possible appendiceal tumor. The final pathologic diagnosis was mucocele of the appendix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: Kimiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Kimiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimanuki
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Koki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology*