Right radical hemicolectomy secondary to cecal appendix mucocele: case report

The cecal appendix mucocele is considered a cystic dilation of obstructive etiology that produces an accumulation mucoid substance. It may be benign or malignant origin. 50-year-old female, with no significant personal pathological history, presents repetitive clinical symptoms abdominal pain, similar to the process acute appendicitis, without systemic inflammatory response data, which improves analgesic management, protocolized by laboratory studies and imaging, diagnosing appendicular tumor, so it for surgical resolution, during decided do right hemicolectomy due macroscopic features ascending colon. course prognosis mucinous lesions are closely related their histology presence extent peritoneal dissemination. With survival 91 100% after conventional appendectomy. neoplasm; good provided diagnosed in time appropriate approach performed; our case fortunately could correctly; perform resection free edges oncological cells confirmed histopathology, patient discharged from service being pathology at this time.