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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;6(4):187-90.
doi: 10.1556/IMAS.6.2014.4.8. Epub 2014 Dec 22.

Giant appendix or an appendiceal mucocele? Case report of an 11-year-old child

Istvan Bence Balint, Marta Nad, Adrienn Kiraly, Ottilia Bali, Adel Rashed, Laszlo Vizsy
Case Reports

Giant appendix or an appendiceal mucocele? Case report of an 11-year-old child

Istvan Bence Balint et al. Interv Med Appl Sci. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

We present an 11-year-old male child with an enormous appendix that was regarded as an appendiceal mucocele. The disorder is very rare and usually appears in middle aged patients. It is a clinical diagnosis. It could cause a variety of symptoms, especially, acute appendicitis and unidentified lesion in the right iliac fossa. According to the reasons, it could be just a curiosity without any relevancy or the sign of a malignant lesion with bad prognostic factors. The histopathological findings prove the origin.

Keywords: appendiceal mucocele; appendicitis; appendix.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. The patient could not be identified in the presented case report.

Figures

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Ultrasound image of the lesion
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The appendiceal mucocele
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Histological image of the appendiceal mucocele. Haematoxylin–eosin stain, magnification: ×60
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