Abstract

ANGELES, Pedro Diego; VEGA, Ximena  and  PALACIOS, José. Appendiceal mucous tumor. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2016, vol.31, n.1, pp.57-60. ISSN 2011-7582.

The clinical manifestations of an appendicular mucous tumors are non specific. The vast majority are associated with complications of intrabdominal rupture causing acute abdomen, while the spectrum associated while the associated with extrinsic compression of adjacent organic structures is exceptional. We report a case of partial intestinal obstruction caused by an appendiceal mococele fistulized to the proximal ileum.

Keywords : appendiceal neoplasms; mucocele; pseudomyxoma peritonei; digestive system fistula.

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