User:Tadadoc/Mucocele appendix

Mucocele of the appendix is often an incidental finding on CT or at Laparotomy (either Laparoscopic or open). The significance of the diagnosis is the association of a malignant tumor of the appendix or a more ominous malignancy in the peritoneal cavity. All should be removed.

http://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2001;volume=11;issue=1;spage=42;epage=43;aulast=Garg