A Case of Appendiceal Endometriosis Associated with a Mucocele

Masanori Akashi, Yousuke Oka, Yoshinori Nagamatsu, Susumu Sueyoshi, Kazuhide Shimamatsu, Yoshito Akagi
In: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) · 2018 · vol. 79(9) , pp. 1874–1879 · doi:10.3919/jjsa.79.1874 · W2935063439
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This case report describes a 38-year-old woman diagnosed with an appendiceal mucocele caused by appendiceal endometriosis, found during surgical resection for recurrent abdominal pain.

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症例は38歳，女性．繰り返す心窩部痛と右下腹部痛を主訴に前医を受診し，腹部超音波検査にて虫垂腫大を指摘され当院受診となった．腹部CTでは虫垂の嚢胞性腫大を認め，下部消化管内視鏡検査や注腸造影検査では，盲腸を圧排する粘膜下腫瘤を認めた．虫垂粘液腫の術前診断で，腹腔鏡下回盲部切除+D2郭清を施行した．病理組織学的検査にて虫垂子宮内膜症に起因する粘液腫の診断となった．閉経前女性の虫垂粘液腫では，虫垂子宮内膜症が原因となる可能性を念頭に置くことが重要と思われる．

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