Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT: There is no clear evidence on the prevalence and clinical presentation of appendiceal mucinous neoplasm (AMN) among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), so a systematic review was performed to investigate the diagnosis, management and treatment of AMN in these patients. PubMed, Medline, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched for articles published up to September 2023. Twenty-three studies reporting data about 34 AMN patients were included. UC patients had a median age of 52 years and a median length of disease of 10 years; CD patients had a median age of 40.5 years and a median length of disease of 5 years. A pre-operative diagnosis was achieved in 44% of patients. Most patients were symptomatic (82.6%) and showed moderate-severe disease activity (61%). Surgical procedur

SUBMITTER: Bonomi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10780220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature