Adenocarcinoma of Stump Appendicitis: An Extremely Rare Pathology – A Literature Review

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From Diagnosis to Management; Mucocele of Stump Appendicitis, Extremely Rare Finding in an Uncommon Surgical Disease: Literature Review

“…It is usually less than 0.5 cm and does not lead to any further problem; however, in rare cases, it may develop inflammation when it is known as stump appendicitis. The first case of stump appendicitis was described by De Ruyter in 1945 (only around 200 cases have thus been reported in the English literature) [ 15 – 17 ].…”

A retroperitoneal cyst arising from an appendix fragment

“…Mucinous neoplasms of the appendix are rare, representing 0.2%–0.3% of appendicectomy specimens 4 and most of them arise from LAMN 5 . There have been only six reported cases of appendiceal stump adenocarcinoma in the literature in which the patients largely presented with symptoms of appendicitis 6 . Only one case of LAMN from an appendiceal stump has been reported in the literature 7 …”

Stump appendicitis, a rare but serious complication of appendectomy : a case report

“…Appendectomy is one of the most common emergency surgical operations (1% of all surgical procedures) [1]. Stump appendicitis is a rare complication after appendectomy and is caused by acute inflammation of the remnant part of the appendix.…”