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  • Title: Porcelain appendix. A calcified mucocele fractures to produce an acute abdomen.
    Author: Buxton JT.
    Journal: Arch Surg; 1979 Jun; 114(6):736-7. PubMed ID: 454158.
    Abstract:
    Mucocele of the appendix is rare and occasionally is accompanied by calcification. In a recent case, an eggshell-thin calcified mucocele fractured to produce an acute abdomen. This situation was not found in a review of the literature. A brief summary of the properties of mucocele is presented.
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