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Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report
Appendiceal mucocele is an uncommon entity that may arise due to benign or malignant processes. The radiologic exploration of this entity is necessary for diagnosis, and its imaging manifestations vary, with some findings being more common than others. More specifically, the radiological findings of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547418 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23974 |
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author | Charalambous, Christofis Charalambous, Thalis Nikitaras, Aristotelis Christodoulou, Prokopis |
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description | Appendiceal mucocele is an uncommon entity that may arise due to benign or malignant processes. The radiologic exploration of this entity is necessary for diagnosis, and its imaging manifestations vary, with some findings being more common than others. More specifically, the radiological findings of a superinfected mucocele are rare, with few reports in the literature. Herein we present the case of a 68-year-old male patient with a superinfected appendiceal obstructive mucocele caused by a fecalith, which was diagnosed by abdominal CT evaluation. |
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spelling | pubmed-90901272022-05-10 Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report Charalambous, Christofis Charalambous, Thalis Nikitaras, Aristotelis Christodoulou, Prokopis Cureus Radiology Appendiceal mucocele is an uncommon entity that may arise due to benign or malignant processes. The radiologic exploration of this entity is necessary for diagnosis, and its imaging manifestations vary, with some findings being more common than others. More specifically, the radiological findings of a superinfected mucocele are rare, with few reports in the literature. Herein we present the case of a 68-year-old male patient with a superinfected appendiceal obstructive mucocele caused by a fecalith, which was diagnosed by abdominal CT evaluation. Cureus 2022-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9090127/ /pubmed/35547418 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23974 Text en Copyright © 2022, Charalambous et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Charalambous, Christofis Charalambous, Thalis Nikitaras, Aristotelis Christodoulou, Prokopis Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title | Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title_full | Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title_short | Superinfection of an Obstructive Appendiceal Mucocele: A Case Report |
title_sort | superinfection of an obstructive appendiceal mucocele: a case report |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547418 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23974 |
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