Primary cancer of vermicular appendix

Malignant tumor is a nosological group that significantly contributes to morbidity, disability and mortality in various age categories. Colon cancer occupies a leading place among the malignant neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract. Most often they are localized in the rectosigmoid part of the large intestine. However, there is also a casuistic localization of tumors, e.g. vermicular appendix cancer. There are no specific signs of oncologic process in this area, therefore the diagnosis of this nosology causes considerable difficulties. The article presents a clinical case and pathological diagnosis of vermicular appendix primary cancer according to the pathological and anatomical study conducted in Ulyanovsk Regional Clinical Hospital. Primary appendix carcinoma was determined at postmortem autopsy and histological, microscopically -low-grade mucinous (blennogenic) appendix adenocarcinoma with invasion of all wall layers and extensive metastases in the internal organs: lungs, liver, spleen, lymph nodes of thoracic and abdominal cavities and stroma of ovary...