A Rare Case of Low-grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm: A Case Report

Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) is a rare malignancy with symptoms varying depending on the clinical manifestations. The most worrisome complication of this particular neoplasm is seeding of mucin into the adjacent peritoneum leading to pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). There is a lack of...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez, Hector H, Herard, Kimberly, Mijares, Maria C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30967980
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3980
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description Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) is a rare malignancy with symptoms varying depending on the clinical manifestations. The most worrisome complication of this particular neoplasm is seeding of mucin into the adjacent peritoneum leading to pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). There is a lack of standardized treatment approach; however, an appendectomy-only approach is currently being used for the resection of non-metastatic disease. We present an unusual case of a 67-year-old male found to have LAMN status post elective appendectomy, six months after being treated for an appendiceal abscess.
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spelling pubmed-64405572019-04-09 A Rare Case of Low-grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm: A Case Report Gonzalez, Hector H Herard, Kimberly Mijares, Maria C Cureus Internal Medicine Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) is a rare malignancy with symptoms varying depending on the clinical manifestations. The most worrisome complication of this particular neoplasm is seeding of mucin into the adjacent peritoneum leading to pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). There is a lack of standardized treatment approach; however, an appendectomy-only approach is currently being used for the resection of non-metastatic disease. We present an unusual case of a 67-year-old male found to have LAMN status post elective appendectomy, six months after being treated for an appendiceal abscess. Cureus 2019-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6440557/ /pubmed/30967980 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3980 Text en Copyright © 2019, Gonzalez et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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