Necrotizing Fasciitis Arising From an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Case of an Appendiceal Mucocele

An appendiceal mucocele (AM) is a rare tumorous condition of the appendix. Many patients with AM are admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain or discomfort, and many cases are found incidentally. Although the rate of complications in patients with AM is very low, if left untreated, a mucocele ma...

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Autores principales: Kim, Keun Young, Park, Won Cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Coloproctology 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3393/ac.2015.31.6.246
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description An appendiceal mucocele (AM) is a rare tumorous condition of the appendix. Many patients with AM are admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain or discomfort, and many cases are found incidentally. Although the rate of complications in patients with AM is very low, if left untreated, a mucocele may rupture and produce a potentially fatal entity known as pseudomyxoma peritonei. In this paper, we report a case of an 80-year-old man with necrotizing fasciitis arising from an enterocutaneous fistula caused by AM.
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spelling pubmed-47247072016-01-26 Necrotizing Fasciitis Arising From an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Case of an Appendiceal Mucocele Kim, Keun Young Park, Won Cheol Ann Coloproctol Case Report An appendiceal mucocele (AM) is a rare tumorous condition of the appendix. Many patients with AM are admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain or discomfort, and many cases are found incidentally. Although the rate of complications in patients with AM is very low, if left untreated, a mucocele may rupture and produce a potentially fatal entity known as pseudomyxoma peritonei. In this paper, we report a case of an 80-year-old man with necrotizing fasciitis arising from an enterocutaneous fistula caused by AM. The Korean Society of Coloproctology 2015-12 2015-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4724707/ /pubmed/26817021 http://dx.doi.org/10.3393/ac.2015.31.6.246 Text en © 2015 The Korean Society of Coloproctology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Necrotizing Fasciitis Arising From an Enterocutaneous Fistula in a Case of an Appendiceal Mucocele
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis arising from an enterocutaneous fistula in a case of an appendiceal mucocele
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724707/
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