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Mucocele of the appendix, a rare lesion, occurs in 0.2–0.3 % of patients undergoing appendectomy and caecocolic appendiceal intussusception is an extremely uncommon complication of mucocele. Calcification of a mucocele is believed to denote chronicity. We present the case of a patient we treated who displayed both these two entities, focusing on the diagnostic approach and differential diagnosis led by clinical examination and imaging methods. A brief literature review is included.
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Varsamis, N., Theodosiou, A., Voulalas, G. et al. Caecocolic intussusception involving calcified mucocele of the appendix. Hellenic J Surg 82, 252–256 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-010-0041-7
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