A colic mesothelial cyst, mimicking an appendicular mucocoele in an elderly patient: A case report and a literature review

Hamza Sekkat; Jihane El Hamzaoui; Kouassi Serge Kouamé Armel; Jaouad Naddouri; Ahmed Jahid; Ihssan Elouarith; Youness El Bakali; Mohammed Raiss; Farid Sabbah; Abdelmalek Hrora; Mouna Mhamdi El Alaoui

doi:10.4103/jmas.jmas_199_22

A colic mesothelial cyst, mimicking an appendicular mucocoele in an elderly patient: A case report and a literature review

J Minim Access Surg. 2024 Apr 1;20(2):229-232. doi: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_199_22. Epub 2023 May 10.

Authors

Hamza Sekkat^{1

2}, Jihane El Hamzaoui^{1

2}, Kouassi Serge Kouamé Armel^{1

2}, Jaouad Naddouri^{1

2}, Ahmed Jahid^{2

3}, Ihssan Elouarith^{2

3}, Youness El Bakali^{1

2}, Mohammed Raiss^{1

2}, Farid Sabbah^{1

2}, Abdelmalek Hrora^{1

2}, Mouna Mhamdi El Alaoui^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Digestive Surgical Department C, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
² Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Department of Anatomopathology, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.

PMID: 37282432
DOI: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_199_22

Abstract

Benign cystic mesothelioma is a very rare and uncommon lesion, first reported by Plaut in 1928. It affects young women of reproductive age. It is usually asymptomatic or has non-specific symptoms. Diagnosis remains difficult despite the evolution of imaging, and the histopathological study is the key examination to make the diagnosis. Surgery remains the only curative treatment, regardless of significant rate of recurrence, and until today, no consensus on the therapeutic strategy is established.