Low-Grade Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Causing Equivocal Appendicitis: A Case Report.
Cureus
; 16(3): e56286, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Appendicitis is one of the most common diagnoses that general surgeons encounter in practice. An exceedingly rare cause of this disease is neoplasm. We report the case of a 24-year-old female who presented with non-specific right lower quadrant abdominal pain and equivocal findings of appendicitis and pelvic congestion syndrome on CT imaging. After an extensive work-up, the patient underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy with an appendectomy. The appendix appeared grossly normal; however, on a pathologic review of the specimen, a low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (LAMN) was found. This case is unique in that it demonstrates exclusive management of LAMN laparoscopically. It reinforces the need to approach non-specific abdominal pain from a multidisciplinary perspective and to utilize laparoscopy as a diagnostic/therapeutic modality when other, less invasive, modalities fail to diagnose a patient's pain.
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Cureus
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2024
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Estados Unidos
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Estados Unidos