Appendiceal Mucocele Presenting as a Right Adnexal Mass : A Case Report

Abstract EN

A 68-year-old female presented to the Gynecologic Oncology Clinic with a right-lower quadrant abdominal mass 3×4 cm in diameter palpable on pelvic examination.

Her routine laboratory tests were normal.

Transvaginal ultrasonography revealed a cystic mass in the right adnexa 3.9 cm in diameter, which was thought to arise in the ovary.

At the time of laparoscopy, a 3×4 cm tumor arising from the distal end of the appendix was noted.

A laparoscopic appendectomy with tumor removal was performed.

Histologic examination of the surgical specimen revealed a mucocele of the appendix (AM).

Although rare, this tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a right adnexal mass.

These tumors can be identified laparoscopically and removed by minimally invasive surgery.