title: [Acute appendicitis masking adenocarcinoma of the cecum].
abstract: Acute appendicitis can be the first symptom of the malignant tumour of the cecum. In the article we described case of 76 years old patient who came to the hospital on account pain in the right iliac hole, occurrent for 4 days with nausea and vomiting. Primarily patient classified to the appendectomy. The ultrasound examination showed the pathological mass in projection ileocecal valve and appendicitis. The computer tomography of the abdomen confirmed this diagnosis. The patient became classified to the right-sides hemicolectomy. The result of histopathological examination is adenocarcinoma of the ileocaecal valve and the appendicitis phlegmonous. Patient became classified to the adiuvant chemotherapy in the regional oncological centre.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Klatki Piersiowej, Chirurgii Ogólnej i Onkologicznej, Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. WAM w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santorek-Strumiłło
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Klatki Piersiowej, Chirurgii Ogólnej i Onkologicznej, Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. WAM w Łodzi.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brocki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: adenocarcinoma; appendix vermiformis; cecum