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Quirante FP, Montorfano LM, Serrot F, et al. The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2015;5(4):309-312doi: 10.1093/gastro/gov041.
Quirante, F. P., Montorfano, L. M., Serrot, F., Billington, M. E., Da Silva, G., Lo Menzo, E., Szomstein, S., & Rosenthal, R. J. (2017). The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis. Gastroenterology report, 5(4), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gov041
Quirante, Federico P, et al. "The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis." Gastroenterology report vol. 5,4 (2017): 309-312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gov041
Quirante FP, Montorfano LM, Serrot F, Billington ME, Da Silva G, Lo Menzo E, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ. The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2017 Nov;5(4):309-312. doi: 10.1093/gastro/gov041. Epub 2015 Sep 16. PMID: 26383877; PMCID: PMC5714128.
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Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2017 Nov;5(4):309-312. doi: 10.1093/gastro/gov041. Epub 2015 Sep 16.

The case of the missing appendix: a case report of appendiceal intussusception at the site of colonic mullerianosis.

Gastroenterology report

Federico P Quirante, Lisandro M Montorfano, Federico Serrot, Mary E Billington, Giovanna Da Silva, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, Raul J Rosenthal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA.
  2. Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA [email protected].

PMID: 26383877 PMCID: PMC5714128 DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gov041

Abstract

Right lower quadrant pain is a symptom with an exceptionally broad differential diagnosis. Intussusception of the appendix is a very uncommon condition with many manifestations. Additionally, the pathologic finding of ectopic presence of a mixture of at least two mullerian-derived tissue components is rare. This report presents the case of a 49-year-old woman who presented twice with acute right lower abdominal pain. Diagnosis of appendiceal inversion was made surgically. Pathologic examination of the specimen identified extensive endometriosis, endosalpingiosis and endocervicosis of the colon wall. Appendiceal intussusception and colonic mullerianosis, present together, are discussed, and recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of appendiceal intussusception are discussed.

© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Oxford University Press and the Digestive Science Publishing Co. Limited.

Keywords: appendiceal intussusception; appendix; endocervicosis; mullerianosis

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