Appendiceal mucocele is a rare clinical condition that results from distension of the appendix lumen with mucus. It is only found in 0.1-0.3% of all appendectomy specimens. Twenty-five per cent of these cases are asymptomatic and are incidentally discovered either during surgery or upon radiological examination. The treatment of appendiceal mucocele is surgical, and while appendectomy is usuall...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sonographic visualization of the normal adult appendix, a large series of sonographic images from consecutive asymptomatic patients was analyzed. METHODS A total of 788 consecutive adult patients (402 male and 386 female; median age +/- SD, 51.1 +/- 17.2 years; range, 16-91 years) were examined by appendiceal transabdominal sonography with tissue harmonic imaging. Th...

PURPOSE (1) To evaluate the frequency of visualisation and measurements of the normal appendix. (2) To correlate Body Mass Index (BMI) and gender with visualisation of the normal appendix. (3) To correlate age, gender and body length with appendiceal length. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 186 patients undergoing abdominal CT without suspicion of acute appendicitis was done. F...

BACKGROUND Closure of appendicular stump has been performed in different ways; however, the use of the metal endoclip in complicated grades of acute appendicitis, has not been evaluated yet in a prospective way. OBJECTIVE To establish the effectiveness of appendiceal stump closure by metal endoclip for complicated appendicitis. METHOD From January 2009 to January 2011 were evaluated 131 con...

Appendiceal adenocarcinoma (AACa) is a rare tumour which represents 0.5% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. The prognosis is poor, because it is usually found at an advanced stage, that in turn, is partly due to a low threshold of suspicion and difficulties in diagnosis prior to surgery. It may occasionally demonstrate ovarian metastases that are large and which dominate the clinical and rad...

PURPOSE Appendiceal mucocele as a cystic dilatation filled with mucinous material is a very rare disease of the appendix vermiformis. Its preoperative diagnosis is still acking behind common use of imaging techniques. METHODS Retrospective analysis of the patients with a pathological diagnosis of appendiceal mucocele with regard to clinical and imaging features. RESULTS The study group incl...

Brain metastases arise in 10%-40% of all cancer patients. Up to one third of the patients do not have previous cancer history. We report a case of a 67-years-old male patient who presented with confusion, tremor, and apraxia. A brain MRI revealed an isolated right temporal lobe lesion. A thorax-abdomen-pelvis CT scan showed no primary lesion. The patient underwent a craniotomy with gross-total ...

The word appendix originates from Latin word „having on‟ and it is called vermiform shaped appendix because it looks like a three inch earthworm. Many years ago organs such as appendix and tonsils were thought to be useless „leftovers‟ of evolution. These parts were called vestigial organs. The word „vestigial‟ means a trace or a mark left by something. It was thought that these organs were mar...