Surgical approach to appendiceal mucocele mimicking an adnexal complex mass: Case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-505

  Scaffa, C ^a   Di Bella, O ^a   Tartaglia, E ^a   Rotondi, M ^a,b   Lup, F ^a   Messalli, E M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; Mucocele; Vermiform appendix

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MUCOCELE; ULTRASOUND;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADULT; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCOCELE;

EID: 37749006484     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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