MUCINOUS CYSTADENOMA OF APPENDIX

Abstract

Appendicular mucocele is rare. Clinical presentation is varied with more than half being asymptomatic. Patients may present with clinical symptoms suggestive of "acute appendicitis" or other non specific abdominal complaints. A case having pain in the right lower abdomen diagnosed as retrocecal mucocele of appendix on imaging studies. Surgery revealed a giant retrocecal mucocele measuring 14 cm in length and 4 cm in diameter. The final pathologic diagnosis was mucocele caused by mucinous cyst adenoma.