Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences Volume 35 Issue 4
published_at 1986-12

A Rare Case of Appendiceal Mucocele with Myxoglobulosis

MATSUYAMA Toshiya
NAKATSUKA Hirofumi
KAWABORI Katsufumi
GOTOH Takahiko
DOHI Kiyohiko
HARUMA Ken
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Abstract
A 63-year-old man was admitted with an abdominal mass in the right lower quadrant. The tumor was diagnosed as mucocele of the appendix after admission and surgically removed. The appendix containing gelatinous mucus with numerous round bodies was distended to the size of an egg. Therefore, a diagnosis of myxoglobulosis was postoperatively made. This is a rare disease and the diagnosis has been preoperatively made in none of patients in Japan. The present case could present an echographic pattern characteristic of this cyst. Studies on all available echograms from previous patients could provide information necessary for preoperative diagnosis of myxoglobulosis.
Keywords
Appendiceal mucocele
Myxoglobulosis
Ultrasonic diagnosis