Adenocarcinoma of the appendix is rarely detected by colonoscopy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 668-675

  Trivedi, Apurva N ^a   Levine, Edward A ^a   Mishra, Girish ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendiceal adenocarcinoma; Colonoscopy; Intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy; Pseudomyxoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PERITONEUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349135600     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0774-6     Document Type: Article

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