Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: Clinical and Imaging Findings

Authors

  • Georgios Kachrimanis Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Demosthenes Cokkinos Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Efstathios Tsekouras Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Irene Kyratzi Evagelismos Hospital, Athens
  • Ploutarchos Piperopoulos Radiology Department, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v7i1.437

Keywords:

pseudomyxoma peritonei, appendix, mucocele, ascites, mucinous neoplasm

Abstract

A 30-year old man presented with symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. Abdominal imaging via ultrasound and computed tomography detected a mass in the right iliac fossa. Exploratory laparotomy revealed an appendiceal mass and gelatinous peritoneal fluid, while histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei arising from a mucocele of the appendix and attributed to an appendiceal cystadenocarcinoma. The clinical and imaging findings of this rare case are herein presented.

Author Biographies

Georgios Kachrimanis, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Radiology department,

Resident

Demosthenes Cokkinos, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Radiology Department

Consultant

Efstathios Tsekouras, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Department of CT-MRI

Irene Kyratzi, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Radiology Department

 

Ploutarchos Piperopoulos, Radiology Department, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens

Radiology Department

Director

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Published

2012-01-31

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