A case of endometriosis of the appendix with adhesion to right ovarian cyst presenting as intussusception of a mucocele of the appendix

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-625

  Akagi, Tomonori ^a   Yamamoto, Seiichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Yutaka ^a   Fujita, Shin ^a   Akasu, Takayuki ^a   Moriya, Yoshihiro ^a   Kato, Tomoyasu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis of appendix; Intussusception; Mucocele

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADHESION; ADULT; ANEMIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MUCOCELE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; MYOFIBROSIS; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; STROMA; CECUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE ADHESION;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MUCOCELE; OVARIAN CYSTS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62349098504     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318180f67f     Document Type: Article

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