Surgical indication for right hemicolectomy in goblet cell adenocarcinoma of the appendix

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2022 Mar;114(3):183-184. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8447/2021.

Abstract

We have read with interest the article by Pérez Montiel CA et al., in which goblet cell adenocarcinoma (GCA) is described as a cause of acute appendicitis. Although the article is brilliant in terms of histopathological description of the appendiceal GCA, the surgical indication for right hemicolectomy should be analyzed in depth due to the great controversy that exists in the scientific literature.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adenocarcinoma* / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma* / surgery
  • Appendiceal Neoplasms* / complications
  • Appendicitis* / surgery
  • Appendix* / pathology
  • Carcinoid Tumor* / complications
  • Colectomy / adverse effects
  • Goblet Cells / pathology
  • Humans