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Appendicitis caused by caecal carcinoma: report of a case
Naofumi Eriguchi1, Akira Matsunaga, Yasuhiko Futamata
1Department of Surgery, Sasebo Kyosai Hospital, 10-17 Shimanji-cho, Sasebo 857-8575, Japan. eriguchi@kkr.sasebo.nagasaki.jp
The Kurume Medical Journal
|March 26, 2003
Abstract:
Appendicitis can rarely occur in association with carcinoma of the caecum, particularly in elderly patients. We report a case of acute appendicitis provoked by an adenocarcinoma of the caecum which obstructs the lumen of the appendix in a 58-year-old man. The patient underwent an ileocaecal resection with lymph node dissection. The difficulties of identifying a small tumor at laparotomy and the implication for optimal treatment are emphasized.