Stump appendicitis with lipohyperplasia of the ileocecal valve: Report of a case

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-369

  Hirano, Yasumitsu ^a,b   Shimizu, Junzo ^a   Kinoshita, Seiichi ^a   Tatsuzawa, Yasuhiko ^a   Kawaura, Yukimitsu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOUSEIREN TAKAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ileocecal valve; Lipohyperplasia; Stump appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STUMP APPENDICITIS;

EID: 13144275227     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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