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  • Title: Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix: diagnosis, surgical management, and follow-up.
    Author: Zagrodnik DF, Rose DM.
    Journal: Curr Surg; 2003; 60(3):341-3. PubMed ID: 14972272.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To review the diagnostic examination and clinical presentation of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix. METHODS: Case report from experience at an Air Force tertiary care hospital in a 66-year-old woman with chronic right lower quadrant pain. RESULTS: After extensive preoperative evaluation and subsequent diagnostic laparoscopy, a right hemicolectomy was performed for a mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix. CONCLUSIONS: Appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma is a rare entity found in only 0.3% of appendiceal specimens. Preoperative evaluation with radiologic and endoscopic methods is helpful but not always diagnostic. Although a benign disease process, complications from rupture, invasion into adjacent organs, or recurrence warrant adherence to strict oncologic principles for resection.
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