Mucinous cystadenoma of appendix

ABSTRACT

Appendicular mucocele is rare. Clinical presentation is varied with more than half being asymptomatic. Patients may present with clinical symptoms suggestive of [acute appendicitis] or other non specific abdominal complaints. A case having pain in the right lower abdomen diagnosed as retrocecal mucocele of appendix on imaging studies. Surgery revealed a giant retrocecal mucocele measuring 14 cm in length and 4 cm in diameter. The final pathologic diagnosis was mucocele caused by mucinous cyst adenoma