Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma must be differentiated from mucinous cystadenoma, serous cystadenoma, and pseudocyst.
Differentiating Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma from other Diseases
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary
- Mucinous borderline tumor of the ovary
- Metastatic mucinous carcinoma[1]
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of pancreas
- Mucinous cystadenoma of pancreas
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Serous cystadenoma of pancreas
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of appendix
| Mucinous
cystadenocarcinoma of ovary |
Clinical manifestations | Para-clinical findings | Gold standard | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms | Physical
examination | |||||||||
| Lab Findings | Imaging | Histopathology | ||||||||
| US | CT | MRI | ||||||||
| Mucinous
borderline tumor of the ovary |
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| Metastatic
mucinous carcinoma |
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| Mucinous
cystadenocarcinoma of pancreas |
Symptoms | Physical examination | Lab Findings | US | CT | MRI | Histopathology | Gold standard | ||
| Mucinous
cystadenoma of pancreas |
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| Pancreatic | ||||||||||
| Serous
cystadenoma of pancreas |
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| Mucinous
cystadenocarcinoma of appendix |
Symptoms | Physical examination | Lab 1 | US | CT | MRI | Histopathology | Gold standard | ||
| Appendicitis | ||||||||||
| Nonmucinous
appendiceal tumors |
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| Mesenteric
cyst[2] |
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References
- ↑ Ovary Epithelial tumors. Atlasgeneticsoncology (2016).http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/OvaryEpithTumID5230.html Accessed on February 29, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hamilton DL, Stormont JM (1989). "The volcano sign of appendiceal mucocele". Gastrointest. Endosc. 35 (5): 453–6. PMID 2792684.
- ↑ Raijman I, Leong S, Hassaram S, Marcon NE (March 1994). "Appendiceal mucocele: endoscopic appearance". Endoscopy. 26 (3): 326–8. doi:10.1055/s-2007-1008979. PMID 8076556.