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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7493</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Cirugía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Cir]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7493</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-74932023000100013</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mucocele apendicular benigno]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Benign Appendiceal Mucocele]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olivera Fajardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera Machado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Chaviano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amanda]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Fajardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fátima]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valle Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cienfuegos]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>62</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74932023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74932023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74932023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: El mucocele apendicular se considera una lesión rara del apéndice que se caracteriza por la dilatación de la luz del órgano con acumulación de moco. Este puede ser benigno o maligno.  Objetivo: Caracterizar un caso de mucocele apendicular de comportamiento benigno en un paciente adulto masculino.  Presentación del caso: Se asiste a un paciente, en estudio de tumor de vías digestivas, que se interviene quirúrgicamente con cuadro peritoneal agudo hallando masa de localización apendicular. Se realiza apendicectomía convencional y se estudia la pieza por anatomía patológica como mucocele apendicular benigno. La evolución del paciente fue satisfactoria.  Conclusiones: Se presenta clínicamente de forma inespecífica, lo que posibilita que su diagnóstico sea intraoperatorio con mayor frecuencia. La estrategia quirúrgica depende de los hallazgos intraoperatorios donde la apendicectomía y la hemicolectomía derecha son las técnicas más utilizadas. El pseudomixoma peritoneal es una complicación temida.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Appendiceal mucocele is considered a rare lesion of the appendix characterized by dilatation of the organ lumen with mucus accumulation. It can be benign or malignant.  Objective:  To characterize a case of appendiceal mucocele with benign behavior in an adult male patient.  Case presentation:  A patient under study of digestive tract tumor is attended. The patient underwent surgery for having acute peritoneal symptoms; a mass of appendicular location was found. Conventional appendicectomy was performed and the piece was studied by pathological anatomy, being a benign appendicular mucocele. The patient's evolution was satisfactory.  Conclusions:  This condition is presented clinically in a nonspecific manner, which makes for its diagnosis to be more frequently intraoperative. The surgical strategy depends on the intraoperative findings, in which appendectomy and right hemicolectomy are the most used techniques. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a feared complication.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis aguda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mucocele apendicular benigno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[acute appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[benign appendiceal mucocele]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendicectomy]]></kwd>
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