Case report, case study

https://doi.org/10.20471/LO.2023.51.01.05

Massive endometriosis mimicking tumor – unusual cause of appendiceal intussusception

Bernardica Jurić ; Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Amir Ibukić ; Department of Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Slaven Čiček ; Department of Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Penavić ; Department of Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Tomas ; Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia and School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Alma Demirović ; Department of Pathology and Cytology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia and School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Appendiceal intussusception is a rare clinical entity that, in women of reproductive age, may be caused by endometriosis. We report a case of a 36-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain. The patient underwent laparoscopic surgery, during which a suspicion of a cecal tumor was raised. A laparoscopic right hemicolectomy was performed. The patohistological exam showed an intussuscepted appendix, and the cause of the intussusception was massive endometriosis involving the colon, ileum, and appendix. It is important not to mistake appendiceal intussusception and appendiceal endometriosis with other intraabdominal pathologies whose symptoms they can mimic.

Keywords

appendix; endometriosis; intussusception

Hrčak ID:

305508

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/305508

Publication date:

27.5.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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