Mucocele of the appendix: An unusual cause of lower abdominal pain in a patient with ulcerative colitis-. A case report and review of literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-459

  Lakatos, Peter Laszlo ^a   Gyori, Gabriella ^a   Halasz, Judit ^a   Fuszek, Peter ^a   Papp, Janos ^a   Jaray, Balazs ^a   Lukovich, Peter ^a   Lakatos, Laszlo ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Csolnoky F Province Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lower abdominal pain; Mucocele of the appendix; Ulcerative Colitis

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; REMISSION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 12344316802     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i3.457     Document Type: Article

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