Giant Appendiceal Mucocele: Report of a Case

Giant mucocele of the appendix – laparoscopic management: A case report and review of the literature

“…Aggressive surgical interventions may be needed to manage PMP such as extirpation of mucinous material, debulking, peritonectomy, and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy [9]. Five-year survival rates in the case of benign and malignant mucocele rupture are 91-100% and 25%, respectively [10].…”

“…A review of the literature was done for 13 studies [4,5,9,[15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24] and we found that ours is one of the largest reported size of mucocele of the appendix which was successfully managed laparoscopically (Table 1). Idris et al [18] 14 cm×5 cm×3 cm Open (Appendectomy) 7 Rojnoveanu et al [4] 8.4 cm×4 cm Open (Appendectomy) 8 Singh et al [19] 14 cm×15 cm Laparoscopy (Appendectomy) 9 Demetrashvili et al [20] 7 cm×4 cm×3 cm Open (Appendectomy) 10 Ju et al [ Mucocele of the appendix closely mimics appendiceal distension caused by appendicitis, on radiological investigations. Accurate pre-operative diagnosis is therefore rare, especially when the mucocele is not very large, as appendicitis is a far commoner clinical condition.…”

A case report of a giant appendiceal mucocele and literature review

“…Whether the ruptured appendiceal mucocele is benign or malignant has serious prognostic implications. Rupture of benign appendiceal mucocele has a 91-100% 5-year survival rate, while malignant forms have a 5-year survival rate of 25% [ 16 ]. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a difficult condition to manage.…”

Giant Mucinous Cystadenoma of the Appendix With Low Grade Dysplasia Presented as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…There is no clear definition of giant cystadenoma. According to the literature, the vast majority of giant appendiceal cystadenomas were described to be bigger than 10 cm in size [10,[13][14][15][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. We included 18 patients into our literature review, who were diagnosed with mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix with the size of the neoplasm exceeding 10 cm.…”