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EDITOR'S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
A calcified caecal mass
1 First Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
2 Second Department of Surgery, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Correspondence to:
Dr A Hokama
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; hokama-a@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Keywords: appendix; mucocele; colonoscopy; computed tomography; cystadenoma
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A 64 year old woman with a history of Bentall operation and maintenance haemodialysis due to multiple myeloma presented with a positive faecal occult blood test. She denied abdominal symptoms. Physical examination was unremarkable. Leucocytosis was absent. Colonoscopy showed a globular submucosal tumour with the appendiceal orifice (arrow) on its top (fig 1
). Computed tomography demonstrated a cystic lesion with "eggshell"-like mural calcification (arrow) in the expected region of the appendix (fig 2).
[in a new window] Figure 1 Colonoscopy showing a globular submucosal tumour with the appendiceal orifice (arrow) on its top.
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[in a new window] Figure 2 Computed tomography demonstrating a cystic lesion with "eggshell"-like mural calcification (arrow) in the expected region of the appendix.
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