A Journey From Appendicitis to a Rare Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm

Christopher Grant; Garo Hagopian; Joaquin Ponce-Zepeda; Vishal Chandan; Zahra Pakbaz

doi:10.55729/2000-9666.1253

A Journey From Appendicitis to a Rare Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasm

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2023 Nov 4;13(6):29-34. doi: 10.55729/2000-9666.1253. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Christopher Grant¹, Garo Hagopian¹, Joaquin Ponce-Zepeda^{1

2}, Vishal Chandan^{1

2}, Zahra Pakbaz^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
³ Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA.
⁴ CHAO Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA, USA.

Abstract

We present here a 66-year-old Caucasian male whose persistent abdominal pain thought to be due to appendicitis and associated acute splanchnic thrombosis. He was initially managed with antibiotics and anticoagulation. But further work up revealed a low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm causing the splanchnic vein thrombosis. Additionally, diagnosis and management of this rare tumor and appropriate work up for splanchnic thrombosis will be briefly reviewed here.

Keywords: Abdominal thrombosis; Appendicitis; Benign hematology; Low grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm; Splanchnic thrombosis; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports