Peritoneal Metastases from Appendiceal Cancer

Konstantinos I Votanopoulos; Perry Shen; Aleksander Skardal; Edward A Levine

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2018.02.007

Peritoneal Metastases from Appendiceal Cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2018 Jul;27(3):551-561. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2018.02.007.

Authors

Konstantinos I Votanopoulos¹, Perry Shen², Aleksander Skardal³, Edward A Levine²

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Oncology Service, Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: kvotanop@wakehealth.edu.
² Surgical Oncology Service, Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
³ Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.

Abstract

The early symptoms of appendiceal cancer may mimic the clinical picture of appendicitis. Most patients are diagnosed incidentally during surgical exploration or late when peritoneal or systemic dissemination has already occurred, as colonoscopy rarely will diagnose an appendiceal cancer. Systemic/extraperitoneal metastases are distinctly unusual for appendiceal mucinous lesions.

Keywords: Appendiceal cancer; Low-grade lesions; Low-grade mucinous tumors; Pseudomyxoma peritonei.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Appendiceal Neoplasms / pathology*
Appendiceal Neoplasms / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary*
Peritoneal Neoplasms / therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Grants and funding

UL1 TR001420/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States