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A mucinous tumor of the mesocolon with features of borderline malignancy
M E Vrettos1, E Kostopoulou, C Papavasileiou
1B Department of Surgery, Hippokrateion Hospital of Thessaloniki, Konstantinoupoleos 49, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Surgical Endoscopy
|March 27, 2001
Abstract:
Primary mucinous cystadenoma of the mesocolon is a rare tumor with an uncertain histogenesis. A 38-year-old woman was diagnosed with a 17-cm cystic lesion in the left abdomen, identified as a mucinous cystadenoma of the mesocolon. This type of tumor appears rarely in extraovarian sites. We believe that metaplasia, either celomic or mucinous, is the most likely pathogenic mechanism. On rare occasions, a borderline or invasive component may be present.