Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix: A rare case report
Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix: A rare case report作者机构：Department of Pathology MIMSR Medical College
出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期：2015年第3卷第6期
页 面：538-541页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Appendix Primary Signet ring cell carcinoma Ovarian metastasis
摘 要：Primary adenocarcinoma of the appendix is a rare malignancythat constitutes 0.5% of all gastroin-testinalneoplasms. Moreover, primary signet ring cell carcinomaof the appendix is an exceedingly rare entity. In the present report, we describe a rare case of primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the appendix with ovarian metastasesand unresectable peritoneal dissemination occurring in a 45-year-old female patient. She was clinically misdiagnosed as torsion of ovarian cyst. She underwent appendicectomy and unilateral *** revealed signet ring cell carcinoma and a right hemicolectomy was done. She then received palliative systemic chemotherapy with 12 cycles of oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin(FOLFOX-4). The patient is doing well till today on follow up without progression of disease 10 mo after beginning chemotherapy.
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