Appendiceal mucocele masquerading as an epithelial borderline ovarian tumor: A case report from Somalia
Nuur Mucaawiye Muse, Abdirahman Ibrahim Said, Ismail Mohamed, Abdilahi Hussein, Mohamed Omer Hussein, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi · 2024
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Description
Nuur Mucaawiye Muse and co-authors report a Somali case where an appendix mucocele mimicked an ovarian tumor. A mucocele is a swelling of the appendix filled with mucus. It is rare and often causes no clear symptoms.
Their patient was an older woman with lower belly pain and a pelvic mass. Scans showed a cystic lesion that suggested an ovarian growth. Surgery revealed the true source was the appendix instead. The appendix was removed with care to avoid spilling its contents. Lab tests then confirmed a borderline tumor type in the tissue. The case ran in a low-resource hospital without on-site pathology. It stresses early recognition in such settings.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nuur Mucaawiye Muse, Abdirahman Ibrahim Said, Ismail Mohamed, Abdilahi Hussein, Mohamed Omer Hussein, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |