Diverticular Peritonitis Revealing an Incidental Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature
Published: 2024-06-12
Page: 129-136
Issue: 2024 - Volume 7 [Issue 2]
Bouali Mounir
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
El Kinani Siham
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
El Azhari Ilias *
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Majd Abdessamad
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Kamal Khadija
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
El Bakouri Abdelilah
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
El Hattabi Khalid
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Bensardi Fatima Zahra
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Fadil Abdelaziz
Department of Visceral Surgery Emergency p35, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Khadija Rebbouh
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Houria Tabakh
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Abdellatif Siwane
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Najwa Touil
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Omar Kacimi
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
Nabil Chikhaoui
Department of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Three main histological types of appendicular tumor have been described: adenoma, carcinoma and endocrine tumor. Endocrine tumors are the most common, accounting for almost two-thirds of appendicular tumors. Adenomas and adenocarcinomas are rare and present two particularities: A predominant and frequent mucinous component, and a privileged peritoneal extension.
We report the case of a 57-year-old patient, a chronic smoker with 30 pack-year. The patient was admitted to our department as an emergency patient with perforated sigmoidal diverticulitis. Clinically, the patient presented a hypogastric pain and generalized abdominal tenderness on examination, the CT scan showed a pneumoperitoneum with multiple sigmoidal diverticula the surgical exploration revealed a perforated sigmoidal diverticulum with an inflamed appendix with a normal base.
In the light of this review of the literature, we would like to emphasize the importance of histological examination in the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix, and to highlight the importance of intraoperative exploration, whatever the diagnosis.
Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumor, adenoma, carcinoma, endocrine tumor
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