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Massive mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix with intussusception in an adult: usefulness of reconstructed computed tomography images

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We present an adult patient with a massive mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix that induced intussusception. Multiplanar reconstruction images and maximum intensity projection images enabled us to assess the tumor accurately and characterize the intussusception. Thus, reconstructed computed tomographic images proved highly useful for diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan

    Itsuko Okuda & Takashi Kokubo

  2. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Masamichi Matsuda

  3. Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroko Noguchi

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Okuda, I., Matsuda, M., Noguchi, H. et al. Massive mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix with intussusception in an adult: usefulness of reconstructed computed tomography images. Radiat Med 26, 88–91 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-007-0201-z

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