LOW GRADE APPENDICIAL MUCINOUS NEOPLASM (LAMN)- A CASE REPORT

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作者

Dr D S Malik¹ , Dr B S Dhakad²

1. Eternal Hospital Jaipur
2. Eternal Hospital, Jaipur

会议/活动

Presented in 83rd National annual conference of Association of surgeon's of India from 13th to 16th December 2023, December 2023 (Visakhapatnam, India)

海报摘要

Appendiceal Mucinous neoplasms are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms ranging from simple mucoceles to complex pseudomyxoma peritonei. Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMN) are detected in 0.7 to 1.7% of all appendicectomies. LAMN can present with abdominal pain, vomiting, distention, palpable mass, intestinal obstruction, and rarely with urological symptoms. Case Report: A 75-year-old patient presented with pain and discomfort in right iliac fossa for 7 days and loss of weight for 15 days. His USG Abdomen showed hypoechoic cystic lesion with internal echoes in right iliac fossa. His CECT abdomen showed lobulated and elongated fluid density blind tubular lesion arising from caecum– Possibility of Mucocele of Appendix. Lap appendicectomy done. Histopathology of Appendix showed Low grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm. Base of Appendix show presence of mucin deposits. Negative for invasive malignancy Postoperatively his whole-body PET – CT imaging was done which was normal. Patient advised to remain in follow-up.

关键词

LAMN, APPENDICIAL MUCINOUS NEOPLASM, MUCOCELE APPENDIX

研究领域

Education, Medicine

参考文献

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4. . Bradley RF, Stewart JH 4th, Russell GB et al. Pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin: A clinicopathologic analysis of 101 patients uniformly treated at a single institution, with literature review. Am J Surg Pathol 2006;30:551–559.

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No competing interests were disclosed.

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