Caesar-Peterson S, Tulla K, Southall C, Lin Y, Genelus-Dominique E. A rare case of signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix.
J Surg Case Rep 2020;
2020:rjaa139. [PMID:
32699593 PMCID:
PMC7365044 DOI:
10.1093/jscr/rjaa139]
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Abstract
Primary appendiceal carcinoma itself comprises less than 0.5% of all gastrointestinal malignant neoplasms. However, signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix is an extremely rare subset of primary appendiceal carcinomas. This sub-type of appendiceal carcinoma represents only 4% of all appendiceal carcinomas. In this case report, we present a case of signet ring cell carcinoma found in a 65-year-old male patient which presented as acute appendicitis. He was diagnosed after a laparoscopic appendectomy by histopathological evaluation.
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