A Case of Appendiceal Endometriosis Presenting as an Appendiceal Mucocele

Kenichi Maeda, Yasuhisa Oida, Chihiro Tanaka, Narutoshi Nagao, Masahiko Kawai, Katsuyuki Kunieda
In: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) · 2014 · vol. 75(3) , pp. 716–720 · doi:10.3919/jjsa.75.716 · W2332629855
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A 45-year-old female presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding, and after imaging suggested an appendiceal mucocele, laparoscopic surgery revealed appendiceal endometriosis.

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症例は45歳，女性．下血を主訴に前医を受診し，注腸検査にて盲腸部腫瘍を指摘され，当院へ紹介受診となった．CTにて虫垂内腔に液体貯留を認め，虫垂粘液腫と診断した．虫垂粘液腫所見を呈する疾患として，非腫瘍性貯留嚢胞だけでなく，虫垂粘液嚢胞腺腫や虫垂粘液嚢胞腺癌も鑑別すべきであり，術前画像検査で腫瘍性嚢胞が否定できなかった．そのため，患者の同意のもと，腹腔鏡下回盲部切除術（D2）を施行し，術後病理組織学的検査にて，虫垂子宮内膜症の診断に至った．虫垂粘液腫の原因として，子宮内膜症も考慮すべきと考えられた．

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