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Nodular image in the appendix observed on ultrasound: endometriosis or neuroendocrine neoplasia?
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet
May 2024
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein São PauloSP Brazil Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective: To evaluate the association between clinical and imaging with surgical and pathological findings in patients with suspected neuroendocrine tumor of appendix and/or appendix endometriosis.
Methods: Retrospective descriptive study conducted at the Teaching and Research Institute of , in which medical records and databases of patients with suspected neuroendocrine tumor of appendix and/or endometriosis of appendix were analyzed by imaging.
Results: Twenty-eight patients were included, all of which had some type of appendix alteration on the ultrasound examination.
Appendiceal endometriosis: Case report of a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Int J Surg Case Rep
April 2023
General Surgery Department, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Perdriel 74, Caba 1280, Argentina.
Introduction And Importance: Appendiceal endometriosis is an entity of extragonadal endometriosis. It commonly affects women of childbearing age with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Women can present with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistopathological examination of cases with acute appendicitis, A retrospective study at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
September 2022
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Introduction: Appendicitis is one of the most prevalent abdominal emergencies globally. Despite the fact that acute appendicitis is a clinical diagnosis, preoperative imaging investigations are often conducted. Other disorders that might mimic acute appendicitis can occur in the appendix.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAppendiceal Endometriosis with Intestinal Metaplasia Mimicking Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm - A Case Report and a Concise Review for the Practicing Pathologist.
Int J Surg Pathol
June 2023
Department of General Surgery, Coltea Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
Appendiceal endometriosis is a rare entity and, when accompanied by intestinal metaplasia, represents a challenging differential diagnosis with low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN). We present the case of a 47 years-old woman, with multiple surgical interventions for endometriosis, with persistent symptoms despite chronic hormonal treatment, with imaging showing stage IV endometriosis. Hence, en bloc low rectum resection with total hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy was performed, followed by appendectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of mucocele of the appendix with peritoneal dissemination in pregnant women: a case report and literature review.
Acta Chir Belg
April 2023
Digestive and Endocrine Surgery Department, Limoges University Hospital, Limoges, France.
Background: This is the first case report of a patient with a twin pregnancy who developed appendiceal mucocele (AM) with peritoneal dissemination in the context of endometriosis and ovarian hyperstimulation. A review of the literature on AM during pregnancy, with a focus on management, is provided as well.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department for abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa at 17 weeks of amenorrhoea (WA).
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