Idiopathic granulomatous appendicitis treated surgically with long-term follow-up: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 690-693

  Mizushima, Tsunekazu ^a   Ito, Toshikazu ^a   Mizuno, Hitoshi ^a   Udatsu, Yuko ^a   Miyazaki, Yasuaki ^a   Imakita, Masami ^a   Iwase, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a Rinku General Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Idiopathic granulomatous appendicitis; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS APPENDICITIS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTION; PARASITE; PULSE RATE; SEROLOGY; STAINING; YERSINIA;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547124812     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3475-3     Document Type: Article

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