Appendiceal mucocele with concomitant colonic cancer: Report of two cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-236

  Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi ^a   Hizuta, Akio ^a   Iwagaki, Hiromi ^a   Matsuno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hamada, Madoka ^a   Tanaka, Noriaki ^a   Orita, Kunzo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendix Mucocele; Colon cancer; Cystadenoma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOCELE; POLYPECTOMY;

EID: 0030034883     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02068082     Document Type: Article

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