Fig. 11From: Acute appendicitis, inflammatory appendiceal mass and the risk of a hidden malignant tumor: a systematic review of the literaturePET-CT of a patient subjected to appendectomy to treat acute appendicitis with incidental diagnosis of appendiceal tubular adenocarcinoma with signet-ring cell formation T3NXMX. In postoperative follow-up, CEA was elevated and the PEC-CT revealed pericecal lymphadenopathyBack to article page