Appendicular mucocele as cause of intestinal intussusception: diagnostic by computer tomography

Appendicular mucocele as cause of intestinal intussusception: diagnostic by computer tomography.

Approximately 10-30% of intussusceptions that occur in adults are primary, frequently self-limited and not surgical (1, 2). The detection and frequency of these spontaneous and transient intussusceptions have been increased during the last years because of the widespread application of new imaging techniques as multislice computer tomography (CT) (1). But, in the majority of the obstructive cas...

Appendicular mucocele as cause of chronic abdominal pain.

We report the case of a 67-years-old male who presents colic abdominal pain located in the right lower quadrant for over 2 years. No more symptoms. Barium enema showed a large filling defect (narrow) in the medial wall of the cecum and this was thought to be the result of extrinsic compression by an appendiceal mass (Fig. 1). At colonoscopy, deep in the cecum, through the appendiceal orifice, a...

Acute Torsion of Appendicular Mucocele

We present the case of an 81-year-old man with a known appendicular mucocele who presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain. A CT scan showed a change in orientation of the previously seen ovoid mass with surrounding fat stranding suggesting torsion. An emergency laparotomy with appendicectomy and resection of the caecal pole was performed. We discuss the findings and histo...

Appendicular intussusception with lymphoid hyperplasia.

A 4-year-old boy is sent to paediatric consultation for nightrecurring abdominal pain of 3 weeks duration. Clinical examination reveals a moderate pain to deep palpation of the right iliac fossa. The rest of the clinical examination is unremarkable. Ultrasound (US) shows a slightly swollen 7 mm transverse diameter appendix, electively sensitive. Swelling is the result of hypoechogenic submucosa...

Adult Ileo-Ileal Intussusception Caused by Intestinal Lipoma