Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Case Study
| dc.creator | Tamayo, Jesús | en_US |
| dc.creator | Patterson, Tyler | en_US |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0003-4133-7884 (Tamayo, Jesús) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-16T18:48:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-16T18:48:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-03-21 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Case Study Jesse Tamayo, Tyler Patterson, Michael Smith, Jay Patel Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms account for less than 1% of all malignancies in the United States. Patients with low grade neoplasms often present with symptoms of an acute appendicitis with right lower quadrant pain due to the distention of the appendix caused by the increasing levels of mucin. These patients may also have perforation of the appendix or appendicitis if the tumor growth is obstructing the orifice of the appendix. An patient with advanced disease may present with similar symptoms as well as distention of the abdomen due to mucinous ascites growing in the peritoneum. Patients may also present with weight loss, abdominal pain, and even intestinal obstruction. A majority of these primary neoplasms have mucin involved in more than 50% of the lesion, arising from low-grade appendiceal neoplasms (LAMN) seen as adenomatous changes in appendiceal mucosa. They can also arise from a polyp forming adenoma similar to those seen in patients who develop colon cancer. Histologically they can be seen with signet ring cells. The patient involved in this case report had presented to the Emergency Department on numerous occasions for right lower quadrant pain. This pain had persisted for years, CT imaging was performed and the tumor was recognized. A procedure for removal was scheduled, however prior to the day of surgery, the patient again presented to the emergency department with excruciating RLQ pain. Surgery was performed the following day. The tumor size was so great that the patient also had a right hemicolectomy performed to remove the tumor in entirety. It was 5.5 cm in greatest dimension. Surgical margins were negative for invasion and twenty six lymph nodes were biopsied and all came negative for cancer. The surgical case was successful for a appendectomy along with a right hemicolectomy to remove a 5.5 by 1.5 low grade appendiceal mucinous tumor confined to the muscularis propria of this patient. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/32602 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm Case Study | en_US |
| dc.type | poster | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |