Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix. The controversy persists: A review

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 432-437

  Lo, Nelson S F ^b   Sarr, Michael G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Kwone Wah Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Appendix; Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; APPENDIX CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 0037350769     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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