An appendiceal neoplastic lesion: Case report and implications for colonoscopic screening and surveillance

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-381

  Freeman, Hugh J ^a   Webber, Douglas L ^a   Meneghetti, Adam T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendiceal adenoma; Appendiceal carcinoid; Appendiceal carcinoma; Colonoscopy screening; Colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; AGED; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CECUM TUMOR; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE POLYP; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; APPENDECTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADENOMA, VILLOUS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649978268     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/627019     Document Type: Article

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