Appendicular mucocele mimicking a right adnexal mass – a case report and literature review

Abstract

The correct diagnostic of a cystic lesion at the level of the right iliac fossa in women can be hard to be established in certain cases, different pathological lesions having similar imagistic aspects and being associated with similar biological modifications. In such cases the final diagnostic is established intraoperatively and the type of surgery can be significantly modified. The aim of the current paper is to report a 63 year old woman with preoperative diagnostic of right ovarian mass who was submitted to surgery in order to have a total hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy; however intraoperatively the cystic lesion developed at the level of the right iliac fossa proved to be an appendicular tumor and was successfully resected by performing a radical right hemicolectomy.