Villous adenocarcinoma of the appendix tends to fill the viscus with mucus. Differentiation from a benign mucocoele may be difficult.
If unruptured, the tumour rarely metastatises, but perforation of the malignant mucocele may result in pseudomxyoma peritonei.
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