--- abstract: 'Mucocele of appendix is uncommon cystic lesion characterized by distension of the appendiceal lumen with mucus. Most of them are caused by mucinous cystadenomas and rarely cystadenocarcinomas. Clinical presentation is varied with more than half being asymptomatic. We report such a case where initial clinical findings and investigations suggested an ovarian cyst, and the diagnosis was only made at the time of surgery. In women presenting with a right iliac fossa mass and clinical features not indicative of gynaecological pathology, an appendiceal origin should be considered in the differential diagnosis.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue34/2010-2-14.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - dr.pkshetty@gmail.com - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Shetty given: PK honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ramesh given: M honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ramesh given: S honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2010-07-30 date_type: published datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:51:20 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/70/13 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 7013 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/7013/1/2010%2D2%2D14.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Appendix, Mucocele, Ovarian cyst' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:44 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tKalu E, Croucher C. Appendiceal mucocele: A rare differential diagnosis of a cystic right adnexal mass. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2005; 2771:86-8\r\n2.\tIsaccs KL, Warshauer DM. Mucocele of the appendix: computed tomographic, endoscopic, and pathologic correlation. Am J Gastroenterol 1992;87:787-9.\r\n3.\tO’Sullivan MJ, Kumar U, Kiely EA. Ureteric obstruction with mucocele of the appendix due to endometriosis. BJOG 2001;108:124-5.\r\n4.\tCoulier B, Pestieau S, Hamels J, Lefebvre Y. US and CT diagnosis of complete cecocolic intussusception caused by an appendiceal mucocele. Eur Radiol 2002;12:324-8.\r\n5.\tChiu CC, Wei PL, Huang MT, Wang W, Chen TC, Lee WJ. Laparoscopic resection of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2005;15:325-8.\r\n6.\tCarr NJ, McCarthy WF, Sobin LH. Epithelial noncarcinoid tumors and tumor-like lesions of the appendix. A clinicopathologic study of 184 patients with a multivariate analysis of prognostic factors. Cancer 1995;75:757-68.\r\n7.\tWolff M, Ahmed N. Epithelial neoplasms of the vermiform appendix (exclusive of carcinoid). II. Cystadenomas, papillary adenomas, and adenomatous polyps of the appendix. Cancer 1976;37:2511-22.\r\n8.\tShukunami K, Kaneshima M, Kotsuji F. Preoperative diagnosis and radiographic findings of a freely movable mucocele of the vermiform appendix. CARJ 2000;51:281-2.\r\n9.\tDachman AH, Lichtenstein JE, Friedman AC. Mucocele of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei. Am J Roentgenol. 1985;144:923–29.\r\n10.\tNavarra G, Asopa V, Basaglia E, Jones M, Jiao LR, Habib NA. Mucous cystadenoma of the appendix: is it safe to remove it by a laparoscopic approach? Surg Endosc. 2003;17:833–4." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 19 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2010-09-13 03:51:20 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Mucocele of Appendix Secondary to Cystadenoma a Diagnostic Challenge type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 9