Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The OBJECTIVE of this study was to demonstrate and original clinical case of an appendiceal mucocele, complicated by intussusception in a 45-year-old female patient. METHODS AND MATERIALS. We present a rare clinical case of appendiceal mucocele in a female patient, complicated by partial intussusception into the caecum. Diagnostic laparoscopy was performed, followed by laparotomy with reduction of the intussusception and an atypical appendectomy. RESULTS. In this article we present a review of the literature and analyze our clinical case. Treatment result was positive, postoperative period was uncomplicated. This patient was followed up for year postoperatively.
Source: Grekov s Bulletin of Surgery
Institution: Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403132572