Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

PORCELAIN APPENDIX - A RARE BENINGN ENTITY

Manika Khare, Manish Kumar Gupta, K M Garg, U B Sharma

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Appendiceal mucocele was first described by Rokitanski in 1842.[1] Mucocele of appendix is the rare entity. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Secondary changes in mucinous cyst adenoma include thinning of the wall, extensive ulceration, calcification and ossification (&ldquo;porcelain appendix&rdquo;)</span></p>