An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in older adults. In the elderly, like in younger cohorts, acute appendicitis most commonly arises without neoplastic underpinnings. However, the occurrence of acute appendicitis in a patient with a concurrent abdominopelvic malignancy should trigger...
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| description | Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in older adults. In the elderly, like in younger cohorts, acute appendicitis most commonly arises without neoplastic underpinnings. However, the occurrence of acute appendicitis in a patient with a concurrent abdominopelvic malignancy should trigger suspicion for the possibility of a metastatic appendiceal neoplasm. We present the case of a 66-year-old man with a background of a biochemically recurrent prostatic adenocarcinoma who presented to the emergency department with acute appendicitis. Histopathologic examination of the resected appendix revealed an unexpected metastatic spread from his prostatic adenocarcinoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c2b9885361594df89311fb559cedb87a2025-02-03T06:46:54ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2020-01-01202010.1155/2020/94304529430452An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic AdenocarcinomaNumbereye Numbere0Andrew Dunn1Aaron R. Huber2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USADepartment of Pathology, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USAAcute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in older adults. In the elderly, like in younger cohorts, acute appendicitis most commonly arises without neoplastic underpinnings. However, the occurrence of acute appendicitis in a patient with a concurrent abdominopelvic malignancy should trigger suspicion for the possibility of a metastatic appendiceal neoplasm. We present the case of a 66-year-old man with a background of a biochemically recurrent prostatic adenocarcinoma who presented to the emergency department with acute appendicitis. Histopathologic examination of the resected appendix revealed an unexpected metastatic spread from his prostatic adenocarcinoma.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9430452 |
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| title | An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma |
| title_full | An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma |
| title_short | An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma |
| title_sort | unusual case of acute appendicitis due to metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9430452 |
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