Retention mucocele of distal viable remnant tip of appendix: An unusually rare late surgical complication following incomplete appendectomy

Figure 3 Macroscopic/gross pathology. A: Perioperative photograph shows a turgid cystic mass measuring 6cm × 5cm × 3cm in the distal appendicular remnant with a separate mesentery located adjacent to the pulled up caecum and not communicating with lumen of caecum (arrows); B: Resected specimen shows cystic dilatation of turgid distal appendicular remnant with surrounding fibrofatty, mesenteric, and omental tissues (arrow); C: Cut open resected specimen shows protruding mucinous material from the lumen of cystically dilated turgid distal appendicular remnant (arrow).