title: [A Case of Appendiceal Mucinous Cystadenoma Treated Using Laparoscopic Appendectomy].
abstract: A 73 year-old woman who was treated for breast cancer and visited our hospital regularly was suspected of having a mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix. Malignancy could not be determined using abdominal computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or colonoscopy. Even if mucinous cystadenoma is benign, there is the possibility that the tumor will rupture, discharge its contents, and cause pseudomyxoma peritonei. We performed laparoscopic appendectomy. According to the histopathological results, the tumor was diagnosed as a low grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm. We report a case of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix treated using laparoscopy-assisted appendectomy and discuss the case with literature reviews.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital.
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marukawa
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noura
authors.forename: Harunobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuyama
authors.forename: Tae
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Chikato
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Chizu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Junzo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016896:Treatment Outcome