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Review
. 2018 Jul;27(3):551-561.
doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.02.007.

Peritoneal Metastases from Appendiceal Cancer

Konstantinos I Votanopoulos  1 , Perry Shen  2 , Aleksander Skardal  3 , Edward A Levine  2
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Review

Peritoneal Metastases from Appendiceal Cancer

Konstantinos I Votanopoulos et al. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2018 Jul.

Abstract

The early symptoms of appendiceal cancer may mimic the clinical picture of appendicitis. Most patients are diagnosed incidentally during surgical exploration or late when peritoneal or systemic dissemination has already occurred, as colonoscopy rarely will diagnose an appendiceal cancer. Systemic/extraperitoneal metastases are distinctly unusual for appendiceal mucinous lesions.

Keywords: Appendiceal cancer; Low-grade lesions; Low-grade mucinous tumors; Pseudomyxoma peritonei.

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Figures

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Ruptured appendiceal mucocele.
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Eviscerated omental metastatic deposits form a low-grade appendiceal primary.
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(A) LGA organoids from patient derived tumor specimen. (left) 2-dimensional image of an LGA organoid. (Right) 3 dimensional (B) Subsequent LGA and HGA organoid chemosensitivity results.
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