A Case of Goblet Cell Carcinoid of the Appendix

Shigeo Shiiki, Tetsuo Watanabe*, Hiromi Iwagaki**, Masanobu Mori**, Kunzo Orita**

Tottori City Hospital
*Watanabe Hospital
**First Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School

We report a case of goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix with a review of the literature. A 62-year-old man was diagnosed as having acute appendicitis, and an appendectomy was performed. Because the histological diagnosis was considered to be mucinous carcinoma, an additional right hemicolectomy was performed. Histological reexamination revealed a goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix. The patient has been well for 5 years after surgery, without any signs of recurrence. From the clinical viewpoint, this tumor often develops the sign of acute appendicitis. Histological features are important to distinguish the tumor from a mucin-producing adenocarcinoma. Therefore, we must pay careful attention to the histological examination of the resected appendix.

Key words
goblet cell carcinoid, carcinoid of the appendix

Reprint requests
Shigeo Shiiki Department of Surgery, Tottori City Hospital
71 Saiwaichou, Tottori, 680 JAPAN

Accepted
July 7, 1993

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