Appendiceal Mucocele-Induced Intussusception That Presented as a Huge Mass on the Hepatic Flexure Area.
- Author:
Hearn Kook KIM
1
;
Hyun Soo KIM
;
Ki Tae SUK
;
Hye Jung KIM
;
Kyong Won PARK
;
Seung Whan CHA
;
Yosep CHONG
;
Mee Yon CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. hyskim@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mucocele;
Appendix;
Intussusception;
Huge mass
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Appendicitis;
Appendix;
Barium;
Cecum;
Colon, Ascending;
Colonoscopy;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Enema;
Intussusception;
Mucocele;
Rare Diseases
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2009;38(3):161-165
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Appendiceal intussusception is a rare disease entity and appendiceal mucocele is one of the causes of this disease. Although computed tomography, ultrasonography, barium enema and colonoscopy can be performed to make a preoperative diagnosis, only a few cases of appendiceal mucocele-induced intussusception have been precisely diagnosed by these diaggnostic tools. Most of all, few such cases have been confirmed by colonoscopic examination. Colonoscopic examination has a supplementary role for the differential diagnosis of acute or chronic appendicitis, tumor or abscess in the ascending colon and cecum that is caused by appendiceal intussusception. We report here on a case of intussusception that was caused by an appendiceal mucocele, and this showed a target appearing structure in the hepatic flexure and a cystic mass inside the intussusceptive lumen on abdominal CT, and a huge mass was discovered on the colonoscopic examination.
