Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence

Appendiceal mucocele is a rare clinical entity, which is however quite often associated with mucinous ovarian tumor. The coexistence of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix and endometrial adenocarcinoma has not been reported before. A 49-year-old woman presented to our clinic with postmenopausal bl...

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Main Authors:	Kalogiannidis, Ioannis, Mavrona, Amalia, Grammenou, Sophia, Zacharioudakis, Georgios, Aggelidou, Stamatia, Rousso, David
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Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670535/

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spelling	pubmed-36705352013-06-12 Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence Kalogiannidis, Ioannis Mavrona, Amalia Grammenou, Sophia Zacharioudakis, Georgios Aggelidou, Stamatia Rousso, David Case Report Appendiceal mucocele is a rare clinical entity, which is however quite often associated with mucinous ovarian tumor. The coexistence of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix and endometrial adenocarcinoma has not been reported before. A 49-year-old woman presented to our clinic with postmenopausal bleeding and no other symptom. Endometrial biopsy revealed endometrial adenocarcinoma of endometrioid type (grade I). Preoperative CT scanning revealed an appendiceal mucocele, and a colonoscopy confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy. The final histopathological examination showed a mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix and confirmed the diagnosis of endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. The coexistence of appendiceal mucocele and female genital tract pathology is rare. However, gynecologists should keep a high level of suspicion for such possible coexistence. Both the diagnostic approach and the therapeutic management should be multidisciplinary, most importantly with the involvement of general surgeons. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3670535/ /pubmed/23762686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/892378 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ioannis Kalogiannidis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Kalogiannidis, Ioannis Mavrona, Amalia Grammenou, Sophia Zacharioudakis, Georgios Aggelidou, Stamatia Rousso, David
spellingShingle	Kalogiannidis, Ioannis Mavrona, Amalia Grammenou, Sophia Zacharioudakis, Georgios Aggelidou, Stamatia Rousso, David Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
author_facet	Kalogiannidis, Ioannis Mavrona, Amalia Grammenou, Sophia Zacharioudakis, Georgios Aggelidou, Stamatia Rousso, David
author_sort	Kalogiannidis, Ioannis
title	Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
title_short	Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
title_full	Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
title_fullStr	Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
title_full_unstemmed	Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence
title_sort	endometrial adenocarcinoma and mucocele of the appendix: an unusual coexistence
description	Appendiceal mucocele is a rare clinical entity, which is however quite often associated with mucinous ovarian tumor. The coexistence of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix and endometrial adenocarcinoma has not been reported before. A 49-year-old woman presented to our clinic with postmenopausal bleeding and no other symptom. Endometrial biopsy revealed endometrial adenocarcinoma of endometrioid type (grade I). Preoperative CT scanning revealed an appendiceal mucocele, and a colonoscopy confirmed the diagnosis. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy. The final histopathological examination showed a mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix and confirmed the diagnosis of endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. The coexistence of appendiceal mucocele and female genital tract pathology is rare. However, gynecologists should keep a high level of suspicion for such possible coexistence. Both the diagnostic approach and the therapeutic management should be multidisciplinary, most importantly with the involvement of general surgeons.
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Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Mucocele of the Appendix: An Unusual Coexistence

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