Xanthogranulomatous appendicitis - An incidental finding of localized pathology

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Munichor, M ^a   Kerner, H ^a   Cohen, H ^b   Bickel, A ^b   Iancu, T C ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b B Rappaport Faculty of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Appendix; Electron microscopy; Xanthogranulomatous inflammation; Xanthoma cells

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034008499     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131200281291     Document Type: Article

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