Giant appendiceal mucocele: Report of a case and brief review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 4761-4763

  Rampone, Bernardino ^a   Roviello, Franco ^a,b   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Pinto, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendix; Mucocele; Pseudomyxoma peritonei; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MUCOCELE;

EID: 23844471058     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4761     Document Type: Article

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