Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix: Diagnosis, surgical management, and follow-up

Current Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Zagrodnik II, Dennis F ^a   Rose, D Michael ^a  

^a USAF Medical Center Keesler   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal tumors; Appendix; Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma; Mucinous cystadenoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; AIR FORCE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037406784     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(02)00728-6     Document Type: Article

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