Appendiceal mucocoele: A case report and review of the literature

International Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 259-262

  Haritopoulos, Konstantinos N ^a   Brown, Diana C ^b   Lewis, Paul ^b   Mansour, Farid ^b   Eltayar, Adil R ^a   Labruzzo, Cinzia ^a   Hakim, Nadey S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CROMWELL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendix; Cystadenoma; Mucocele; Mucocoele

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUCOCELE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035495315     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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