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Mucocele of the appendix is a rare condition which often presents difficulties in diagnosis. A case report is presented of a 41-year-old white woman with a chief complaint of profound anemia (hematocrit, 16.5%) in whom a mucocele, 3 cm. in diameter, was discovered in the cecum at the base of the appendix. A search of medical literature reveals that anemia has not been described previously in association with this lesion.
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Kuehn, P.G., Speer, C.S. Mucocele of the appendix associated with profound anemia. Dis Colon Rectum 9, 283–285 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616925
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