Kim Sunyoung, Makkapati Shreya, Modukuru Venkat, Wallack Marc
Department of Surgery, NYC Health and Hospitals-Metropolitan, New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2022 Jun 24;10:2050313X221106005. doi: 10.1177/2050313X221106005. eCollection 2022.
Appendiceal diverticulosis is a rare finding associated with appendiceal neoplasms. Both can masquerade as appendicitis in patients and are overlooked in differentials of right upper quadrant pain. A 37-year-old African American female presented with appendicitis-like symptoms to the emergency room with fever and leukocytosis. Appendectomy was performed with pathological evaluation revealing coexisting appendiceal diverticula and carcinoid of the appendix with lymphovascular invasion and mesoappendiceal involvement. In line with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, right hemicolectomy with lymph node dissection was performed which was negative for neoplastic invasion but positive for colonic diverticulosis. While there have been many case reports of appendiceal diverticula with coexisting appendiceal carcinoid, a concurrent colonic diverticulum in the right hemicolectomy specimen during the oncologic resection of the appendiceal carcinoid has not been previously reported. We propose colonic diverticula as another possible feature that may be associated with appendiceal diverticula especially with an underlying appendiceal neoplasm.
阑尾憩室病是一种与阑尾肿瘤相关的罕见发现。两者在患者中都可能表现为阑尾炎,并且在右上腹疼痛的鉴别诊断中被忽视。一名37岁的非裔美国女性因类似阑尾炎的症状伴发热和白细胞增多症前往急诊室就诊。进行了阑尾切除术,病理评估显示存在阑尾憩室和阑尾类癌,伴有淋巴管侵犯和阑尾系膜受累。根据美国国立综合癌症网络指南,进行了右半结肠切除术及淋巴结清扫,结果显示肿瘤侵犯为阴性,但结肠憩室病为阳性。虽然有许多关于阑尾憩室合并阑尾类癌的病例报告,但在阑尾类癌的肿瘤切除术中,右半结肠切除标本中同时存在结肠憩室此前尚未见报道。我们提出结肠憩室是另一个可能与阑尾憩室相关的特征,特别是与潜在的阑尾肿瘤有关。