• Abdominal imaging · Aug 2010

    Case Reports

    Intussusception secondary to a giant appendiceal mucocele: preoperative diagnosis by multi-slice computed tomography.

    • Lin Wei-Ming, Lee Chih-Hui, Liang-Mou Kuo, and Bor-Yau Yang.
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, No. 6, West Section, Jiapu Road, Puzih, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Abdom Imaging. 2010 Aug 1;35(4):428-30.

    AbstractWe describe a rare case of a giant appendiceal mucocele as the leading point with ileocolic intussusception and the cause of acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain in an adult patient, which is correctly diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) imaging before surgery.

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