TY  - JOUR
T1  - IMage of the month—quiz case
AU  - Crichlow L, Jaffe BM, Bellows CF
Y1  - 2012/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.963
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 781
EP  - 781
VL  - 147
IS  - 8
N2  - 
A 52-year-old man came to the clinic with occasional dysuria, urinary frequency, and nonspecific abdominal pain lasting 5 months. His medical history included alcohol abuse/dependence and hypertension. On physical examination, his abdomen was soft, nontender, and nondistended, with no palpable masses. An abdominal ultrasound identified a cystic mass in his pelvis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a large cystic mass measuring 7.5 × 5.7 × 6.0 cm in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen (Figure 1). At elective exploratory laparotomy, a mass at the tip of the appendix was identified (Figure 2). The patient's postoperative course was uncomplicated, and he was discharged home on postoperative day 5.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.963
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.963
ER  -