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We report a case of a 28-year-old female, Grava 2, Para I, Ab. 0, who presented acute abdominal pain on the 21st week of her gestation. A diagnosis of acute appendicitis was entertained and an appendectomy performed. The pathologic specimen revealed an inflamed appendix with endometriosis and a marked decidual reaction. A decidual polyp, which occluded most of the appendiceal lumen, is proposed as a rare cause of acute appendicitis during pregnancy
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Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Embarazo , Abdomen Agudo/etiología , Apendicitis/etiología , Decidua , Enfermedades del Ciego/complicaciones , Endometriosis/complicaciones , Apéndice/patología , Apendicectomía , Apendicitis/diagnóstico , Apendicitis/patología , Apendicitis/cirugía , Diferenciación Celular , Complicaciones del Embarazo/diagnóstico , Complicaciones del Embarazo/cirugía , Enfermedades del Ciego/diagnóstico , Enfermedades del Ciego/patología , Enfermedades del Ciego/cirugía , Endometriosis/diagnóstico , Endometriosis/patología , Endometriosis/cirugíaRESUMEN
Paratesticular tumors are uncommon tumors, most being found incidentally at autopsy. The most common benign paratesticular tumor is the adenomatoid tumor. A somewhat less frequent benign paratesticular tumor, papillary cystadenoma, accounts for approximately 33 percent of all the primary epididymal tumors and is frequently seen in patients with Von Hippel-Lindau disease. Malignant tumors are rare. Of these, rhabdomyosarcoma is the most frequent. Seen almost exclusively in the pediatric population, paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas account for 7 percent of childhood rhabdomyosarcomas. We describe two cases of paratesticular tumors in adults: a papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis in a 72-year old male, and an incidental rhabdomyosarcoma in a 49-year old male