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“Appendicular mucocele” – Case report and review of literature

Uttam Jain , Uttam Jain* Ajit Sinha** R. K. Soni*** Yashavanth Kumar****

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New Indian Journal of Surgery 2(1):p 25-27, October - December 2011. | DOI:

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Introduction: Mucocele of appendix is a rare condition which majority of time is diagnosed incidentally or during working up for a pelvic cause. Clinical presentation is non specific, Majority of cases presents to gynaecologists with suspicion of adnexal pathology. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is difficult to arrive at, given the findings of USG and CT may be confusing. As it can be associated with malignancy, operative handling of specimen should be optimum. Case Presentation: Two cases of Am were diagnose preoperatively by USG and CECT . Patient underwent surgery with exicision of the appendix. Conclusion: A female patient presenting with complaints of lower abdominal pain with no findings in pelvis should be considered for differential diagnosis of Appendiceal mucocele.

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