A Case Report of Abdominal Wall Mucocele in the Previous Site of Colostomy

Ghassemof, H; Javaherian, MR; Jaber Ansari, M

A Case Report of Abdominal Wall Mucocele in the Previous Site of Colostomy

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

H Ghassemof ¹

MR Javaherian ²

M Jaber Ansari ³

¹ Assistant Professor of General Surgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

² Pathologist, Mehrad Hospital

³ General surgery specialist, Mehrad Hospital

Abstract

Mucocele formation is a pathologic condition that usually occurs in organs with secretory and glandular tissue such as sinuses, lacrimal glands and ducts, appendix, intestine and … Mucocele in the abdominal wall is a very rare condition and is of importance to be considered in differential diagnosis. In this article we present a 60 years old woman with abdominal wall mucocele in the previous colostomy site.

Keywords

Mucocele

Abdominal Wall

Colostomy

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