A Case of the Appendiceal Mucocele Treated by Laparoscopic−Assisted Ileocecal Resection

Abstract

A 61-year old man admitted to our hospital, because serum CEA level was high by medical examination. Abdominal computed tomography, barium enema and colonoscopy showed mucocele in the proximal portion of the appendix. Laparoscopic-assisted ileocecal resection with regional lymph nodes dissection was performed because the large tumor was in the proximal portion of the appendix and malignancy could not be denied. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 14. The histological examination revealed mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix. We concluded that the laparoscopic surgery for the appendiceal mucocele was safe by the protectable technique.